laxa

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See also: laxá, läxa, and Laxå

Ayutla Mixtec

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish naranja.

Noun

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laxa

  1. orange (fruit)

References

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  • Hills O., Roberto, et al. (2004) Diccionario lulu ña̱ sanyaꞌá xiinꞌ nya̱nya̱ = Pequeño diccionario ilustrado en el mixteco de Ayutla, Gro.[1] (overall work in Ayutla Mixtec and Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 14

Catalan

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Verb

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laxa

  1. inflection of laxar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Chiquihuitlán Mazatec

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish naranja.

Noun

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laxa

  1. orange (fruit)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Jamieson Capen, Carole (1996) Diccionario mazateco de Chiquihuitlán, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 34)‎[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 49

Galician

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Laxa or laxe with ancient petroglyphs

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the medieval form lagea, previously documented in local Medieval Latin as lagena; from a substrate language; probably from Proto-Celtic *laginā (blade). Compare Welsh llain (blade, sword, spear) and Old Irish láige (mattock, spade; broad spearhead).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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laxa f (plural laxas)

  1. flagstone; slab
    Synonyms: lastra, lousa
  2. flat outcrop

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: laja

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “laja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 61

Icelandic

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Noun

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laxa

  1. indefinite accusative plural of lax
  2. indefinite genitive plural of lax

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English laxFrench laxisteGerman laxItalian lassoSpanish laxo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaksa/, /ˈlaɡza/

Adjective

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laxa

  1. lax, loose, slack

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Latin

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Verb

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laxā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of laxō

References

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Old Norse

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Noun

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laxa

  1. dative plural indefinite of lax m

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɡsa/ [ˈlaɣ̞.sa]
  • Rhymes: -aɡsa
  • Syllabification: la‧xa

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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laxa

  1. feminine singular of laxo

Etymology 2

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Verb

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laxa

  1. inflection of laxar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative