maduixa
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- madoixa (local)
Etymology
[edit]At least two theories are suggested:
- From Basque mart- (“blackberry; bramble”), as in martotx (“bramble”), martsuts, martuza (“blackberry”). Basque also gave Aragonese martuel, Spanish madroño. Similar sense development in Galician amorodo, Portuguese morango (“strawberry”), both from amora (“blackberry; bramble”).
- From Gaulish *majoþa. Compare Occitan majofa, Lombard magiostra.
Note also Armenian մաթուզ (matʻuz).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈðu.ʃə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [maˈðuj.ʃa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ujʃa
- Hyphenation: ma‧dui‧xa
Noun
[edit]maduixa f (plural maduixes)
- strawberry (fruit)
- Synonym: (Balearic) fraula f
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[edit]References
[edit]- “maduixa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fraise”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 21: Inconnus, page 95
- Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina: Etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, page 206
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