poxigo

Galician
Porta falsa ou do Porta do postigo, Ribadavia

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested as pooxigo in 1473. From an Old Galician-Portuguese *poschigo, from the attested postigo, postigoo, from Latin postīcum (“back-door”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [poˈʃiɣʊ]

Noun

poxigo m (plural poxigos)

  1. upper half of an articulated door
  2. cat flap
  3. (historical) minor gate in a city wall

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