xenxibre

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gengibre, q.v. Compare Portuguese gengibre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃenˈʃiβɾɪ]

Noun

xenxibre m (plural xenxibres)

  1. ginger (plant and spice)
    • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 175:
      filla tres dramas de cravos girofes e tres onças de galingal e outro tanto de cardomomo e outro tanto de gengivre e outro tanto d’alcoravina e outro tanto de canela, e a semente do fuuncho en maior contia destas todas.
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References
  • “gengivre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “xenxibre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “xenxibre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “xenxibre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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