enxoito
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese eixuito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin exsūctus, past participle of exsūgō, from ex- (“out of”) and sūgō (“to suck”). Cognate of Portuguese enxuto, Asturian ensuchu, Spanish enjuto, Catalan eixut.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]enxoito (feminine enxoita, masculine plural enxoitos, feminine plural enxoitas)
- dry
- 1280, Miguel Romaní (ed.), Colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, p. 1090:
- enpreguntado en qual mes era, et disso que era en dezenbro, XV dias ante dia de santa Maria d'avento, sabado; enpreguntado se chovia se fassia enxouto et disso que enxoyto
- asked what month it was [when that happened], he said that it was December, 15 days before Saint Mary of Advent, Saturday; asked if it was raining or not, he said that if was dry
- enpreguntado en qual mes era, et disso que era en dezenbro, XV dias ante dia de santa Maria d'avento, sabado; enpreguntado se chovia se fassia enxouto et disso que enxoyto
- 1881, Juan Antonio Saco y Arce, Literatura popular de Galicia:
- Non se collen troitas con bragas enxoitas. (proverb)
- You can't catch trout with dry pants
- 1280, Miguel Romaní (ed.), Colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, p. 1090:
- skinny
- 1888, anonymous author, A Fuliada, number 19:
- Eravos un esquirbano longo, enxoit'e moi osudo, que vistía de chaqueta marel'e de pano burdo
- He was a tall clerk, skinny and bony, who wore a yellow jacket of coarse cloth
Participle
[edit]enxoito (feminine enxoita, masculine plural enxoitos, feminine plural enxoitas)
- (irregular) past participle of enxugar
References
[edit]- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enxoito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enxoyt”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “enxoito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “enxoito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “enxoito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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