xiuxiuejar
Catalan
FWOTD – 24 October 2012
Etymology
Onomatopoeic; xiu-xiu (“sound of whispering”) + -ejar.
Pronunciation
Verb
xiuxiuejar (first-person singular present xiuxiuejo, first-person singular preterite xiuxiuegí, past participle xiuxiuejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- to whisper
- 2012, Joseph Conrad (translation by Ferran Ràfols Gesa), Contes del neguit (Tales of Unrest), Editorial Alpha, page 54:
- Ell corria al meu costat sense tocar a terra, i xiuxiuejava, xiuxiuejava; era invisible, però ben nítid a l'orella
- He ran beside me without touching the ground, and whispered, whispered; he was invisible, but clear in my ear
- 2012, Joseph Conrad (translation by Ferran Ràfols Gesa), Contes del neguit (Tales of Unrest), Editorial Alpha, page 54:
Conjugation
Related terms
- xiu-xiu
- xiuxiuadera
- xiuxiuar
- xiuxiueig
Further reading
- “xiuxiuejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “xiuxiuejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “xiuxiuejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “xiuxiuejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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