meiga

13th century. From Latin magicus (“magical”), from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɣa̝/

meiga

1. feminine singular of meigo

meiga f (plural meigas)

1. a witch

   Synonyms: bruxa, feiticeira

   • 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page 144:

     eu sen ser pieira, nen pensare en sé-lo, nen meiga nen bruxa, nen cousa do demo

     I, who am not a sorceress, nor have I though of being one, nor a witch nor a hex, nor Devil's business

   • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun galego:

     Meigas, feitizos e bruxas
     que persigue a Inquisicion,
     sin mascara, socaliñas
     de cregos e frades son.
     Chamanlles bruxas à ás vellas
     por ter cara de carton;
     pero solamente hay meygas
     en donde hay Inquisicion.
     As femias da nosa especie
     de certa constitucion
     fan visaxes, e son tolas,
     pero feitizeiras non.

     Witches, spells and hexes,
     who are prosecuted by the Inquisition,
     maskless, hoaxes
     of priests and friars are.
     They call hex an old lady
     because her face is made of cardboard;
     but there are witches
     just where it is Inquisition.
     Females of our species,
     of certain constitution,
     make gestures, and are mad,
     but sorceresses they are not.

2. a witch doctor

   Synonyms: curandeira, menciñeira

3. megrim (fish)
4. a sea slug (Aplysia punctata)
5. (archaic) fake, trick

• meiga chuchona
• meigallo
• meigas fóra

• “meiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “meiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “meiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “meiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “meiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

meiga

1. Misspelling of mega.

meiga

1. Rōmaji transcription of めいが
2. Rōmaji transcription of メイガ

meiga

1. feminine singular of meigo