moxena

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate language.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [moˈʃenɐ]

Noun

moxena f (plural moxenas)

  1. spark (detached from burning material)
    Synonyms: charamusca, faísca, muxa, muxica
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 209:
      et vio sayr ẽno ayre feyscas et moxenas da terra [asi] cõmo de forno que arde
      and he saw embers and sparks emerging from the land and going into the air, as from an burning oven

References
  • “moxena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “moxena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “moxena” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “moxena” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Cf. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “morcella”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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