cóxegas
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From cozar (“to scratch”). Cognate with Portuguese cócegas; compare also Spanish cosquillas.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔʃe̝ɣa̝s/
Noun
cóxegas f pl (plural only)
- tickling, tickle (feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- Synonym: celigras
- impatience, inquietude
References
- “coxegas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cóxegas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cóxegas” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “cóxegas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cosquillas”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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