Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca.

Noun

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vexiga f (plural vexigues)

  1. bladder
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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Attested from the 15th century (vixiga). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca. Compare Portuguese bexiga, Spanish vejiga).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [beˈʃiɣa̝], [biˈʃiɣa̝]

Noun

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vexiga f (plural vexigas)

  1. bladder
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:
      geerase ajnda outra door dentro no corpo do Cauallo que uen de rretimento da vrina et faz jnchar a uixiga
      and yet another pain is produced inside the body of the horse which comes from the retention of the urine, and it makes the bladder to swell
  2. gallbladder
  3. blister
    Synonyms: ampola, bocha
  4. pock
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 81:
      enton poras fero feruente Redondo na cabeça daquellas huceras ou vixigas que as qeime
      then you put a rounded hot iron on the head of that ulcers or pocks, for burning them
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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vexiga f

  1. bladder
    • c. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria, primera parte , (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Prieto-Borja, 2002, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):
      En Gallizia e en Asturias á omnes que son de linage de cavallos, e llámanle en el latín tiellones, que quiere dezir en el lenguage de Castiella fascas omnes que an todas las emfermedades que vienen a los otros omnes si non la dolencia de la vexiga, que escusan por aquella natura mezclada que an de omne e de cavallo.
      In Galicia and Asturias, there are people who are of horse descent, called tiellones in Latin, which in the language of Castile is fascas, people who have all the diseases that afflict other people but bladder pain, which they excuse as due to their mixed nature, being both human and horse.

Descendants

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  • Spanish: vejiga
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