axeito

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 13th century. Back-formation from axeitar (to adjust, accommodate)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈʃejtʊ]

Noun

axeito m (plural axeitos)

  1. strip of land which is left behind a wall, fence or hedge but which belongs to the same property
    • 1296, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 205:
      outorgo aquel meu logar de Ffafiáés τ caſas τ quintáás τ vinas, herdades τ herdamẽtos τ chãtados τ deueſas τ aieytos τ rriſíj́os τ muyños τ ſſeſſegas de muyños
      I grant that place of mine of Fafiáns and houses and yards and vineyards, heirlooms and properties and plantations and woodland and adjustments and residues and mills and plots for mills
    Synonym: resío

References

  • aieytos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • axeito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • axeito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Verb

axeito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of axeitar
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