bocexar

bocexar

Galician

Alternative forms

• bocear

Etymology

From old Galician and Old Portuguese bucigiar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from the blend of Latin bucca (“mouth”) and *oscitiare, from oscitare. Cognate with Portuguese bocejar and Spanish bostezar.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boθeˈʃaɾ/, (western) /boseˈʃaɾ/

Verb

bocexar (first-person singular present bocexo, first-person singular preterite bocexei, past participle bocexado)

1. yawn (open the mouth and take a deep breath)
   • 1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 28:

     'Et rroçiou cõ ellas cada vez os cabelos da cabeça et fazia cada vez cõmo quẽ buçija

     and sprayed with them the hairs of the head, and in each occasion he did as who yawns

Conjugation

• Note: bocex- are changed to ar- before front vowels (e).

Conjugation of bocexar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	bocexar
personal	bocexar	bocexares	bocexar	bocexarmos	bocexardes	bocexaren
Gerund
	bocexando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	bocexado			bocexados
feminine	bocexada			bocexadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	bocexo	bocexas	bocexa	bocexamos	bocexades	bocexan
imperfect	bocexaba	bocexabas	bocexaba	bocexabamos	bocexabades	bocexaban
preterite	arei	bocexaches	bocexou	bocexamos	bocexastes	bocexaron
pluperfect	bocexara	bocexaras	bocexara	bocexaramos	bocexarades	bocexaran
future	bocexarei	bocexarás	bocexará	bocexaremos	bocexaredes	bocexarán
conditional	bocexaría	bocexarías	bocexaría	bocexariamos	bocexariades	bocexarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	are	ares	are	aremos	aredes	aren
preterite	bocexase	bocexases	bocexase	bocexásemos	bocexásedes	bocexasen
future	bocexar	bocexares	bocexar	bocexarmos	bocexardes	bocexaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	bocexa	are	aremos	bocexade	aren
negative	–	ares	are	aremos	aredes	aren

References

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

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “bostezar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos