caixa

== Aragonese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin capsa. Compare Catalan caixa, Occitan caissa and Sicilian caxa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka(i̯)ʃa/ Syllabification: cai‧xa Rhymes: -a(i̯)ʃa === Noun === caixa f box (finance) savings bank (woodworking) mortise === Further reading === Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA) == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Doublet of capsa. Compare Aragonese caixa, Occitan caissa and Sicilian caxa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈka.ʃə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkaj.ʃa] === Noun === caixa f (plural caixes) box (finance) savings bank (woodworking) mortise Coordinate term: metxa ==== Usage notes ==== There is a semantic difference in the usage of caixa and capsa according to their size. Boxes larger than a shoebox are usually called caixa, while boxes smaller than a shoebox (e.g. for matches, confectionery, pills) are capsa. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== capsa f ==== Descendants ==== → Asturian: caxa → Leonese: caixa → Sardinian: cascia → Sicilian: caxa, cascia === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “caixa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “caixa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “caixa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese caixa (compare Portuguese caixa), borrowed from Old Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkajʃa/ [ˈkɑj.ʃɐ] Rhymes: -ajʃa Hyphenation: cai‧xa === Noun === caixa f (plural caixas) box coffin Synonyms: ataúde, cadaleito, féretro (music) drum Synonym: tambor cash desk cash box, cash register gearbox savings bank ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “caixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Macanese == === Etymology === From Portuguese caixa (“box”). Unusually, de-diphthongization did not take place (compare caxám, Spanish caja). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaj.ʃɐ/, /ˈkaj.ʃa/ === Noun === caixa small copper coin measure of weight, one tenth of the condorim, formerly used in Macau to weigh silver used as currency in commercial transactions camphor or teak trunk, engraved with Chinese drawings and intended for storing clothes box ==== Related terms ==== caxám === References === “caixa”, in “Lexicon”, in Macanese Heritage, 2024–2026 Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988), “caixa”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 339 == Old Catalan == === Alternative forms === caxa, quaxa === Etymology === Inherited from Latin capsa. Cognate with Old Occitan caissa. First attested in the 13th century. === Noun === caixa f box ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: caixa→ Asturian: caxa→ Leonese: caixa→ Sardinian: cascia→ Sicilian: caxa, cascia → Old Galician-Portuguese: caixa, cajxa, caxa, qajxaFala: caixaGalician: caixaPortuguese: caixaMacanese: caixa → Old Spanish: caxa Spanish: caja === References === == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === cajxa, caxa, qajxa === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa, from Proto-Italic *kapsos, from *kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti, from *kap- + *-yéti. Cognate with Old Spanish caxa. === Noun === caixa f (plural caixas) box Synonym: buxeta 1426, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, XI, nº Adicións-1.1, pages 79-92: ==== Descendants ==== Fala: caixa Galician: caixa Portuguese: caixaMacanese: caixa === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “caixa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “caixa”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cajxa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese caixa, borrowed from Old Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Sicilian caxa, Spanish caja. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ajʃɐ, -aʃɐ Hyphenation: cai‧xa === Noun === caixa f (plural caixas) box (music) snare drum Synonym: tarola ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === caixa m or f by sense (plural caixas) cashier (one who works at a till handling payments) Synonym: caixeiro Aquele caixa trabalha bem. ― That cashier works well. ==== Descendants ==== Macanese: caixa === Noun === caixa m (plural caixas) ledger a cash register and the counter upon which it resides ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “caixa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caixa”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “caixa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 The Oxford Paperback Portuguese Dictionary, 1996