ruxerruxe
Galician
Alternative forms
- ronxerronxe, ruxe ruxe, ruxe-ruxe
Etymology
A reduplication of ruxe (“it sounds/jingles/roars”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ruʃeˈruʃɪ]
Noun
ruxerruxe m (plural ruxerruxes)
- jingle; hum
- rattle
- Synonym: axóuxere
- (figurative) rumor
- Synonym: runrún
- 2004, Séchu Sende, Orixe, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 127:
- Segundo o ruxerruxe, un dos xogadores era o gobernador e tamén se falaba do conde e do xuíz e dun capitán da Garda Civil, do cura e mesmo do alcalde
- According to the rumor, one of the gamblers was the governor, and they also told of the count and the judge and a captain of the guards and the priest and even the mayor
Related terms
References
- “ruxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ruxerruxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ruxerruxe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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