meiga

meiga

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɣa̝/

Adjective

meiga

1. feminine singular of meigo

Noun

meiga f (plural meigas)

1. a witch
   • 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 businesses

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

Derived terms

• meiga chuchona
• meigallo

References

• “meiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “meiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

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Icelandic

Verb

meiga

1. Misspelling of mega.

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Japanese

Romanization

meiga

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

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Portuguese

Adjective

meiga

1. Feminine singular of adjective meigo.