xoia

xoia

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese joya (independently attested in both corpora), from Old French joie, from joiel (modern joyau), from Vulgar Latin *jocale, from Latin jocus. Doublet of xoel.

Compare Portuguese joia and Spanish joya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɔjɐ]

Noun

xoia f (plural xoias)

1. jewel; ornament made with precious metals and/or gemstones
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Archivum, page 234:

     tomou Eliezer de suas joyas hũ par de serçelos douro

     Eliezer took a pair of golden earrings from among his jewels

   Synonym: alfaia

2. gem; jewel

   Synonym: xema

3. (figurative) gem; treasure

   Synonym: tesouro

Derived terms

• miñaxoia

Related terms

• xoiaría
• xoieiro

References

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