xaneira

Galician

Etymology

From quendas xaneiras (“the calends of January”), from Latin kalendas ianuarias. Compare Portuguese janeiras.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃaˈnejɾɐ]

Noun

xaneira m (plural xaneiras)

  1. (in the plural) New Year's carols (traditional songs celebrating the New Year and Epiphany)
    Synonym: anibón
  2. (of cats, foxes, wolves) heat
    Synonyms: celo, estro

Derived terms
  • axaneirar
  • andar á xaneira (“to be on heat, rut”)
  • xaneirento

References
  • “janeyra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “janeyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “xaneira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “xaneira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “xaneira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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