pixota

== Catalan == === Etymology === From pixa +‎ -ota. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [piˈʃo̞.tə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [piˈʃɔ.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [piˈʃɔ.ta] === Noun === pixota f (plural pixotes) pearlfish (engineering) spindle ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “pixota”, 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 == Galician == === Alternative forms === peixota === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese peixota (although the forms pixota is attested earlier, since the 12th century), from peixe (“fish”) +‎ -ota, or either from pixa (“penis”) +‎ -ota. Compare Portuguese peixota and Spanish pijota. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [piˈʃɔtɐ] === Noun === pixota f (plural pixotas) European hake (Merluccius merluccius) Synonym: pescada === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “peixota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pixota”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pixota”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pixota”, 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), “pixota”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pixota”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN