vexiga

From Vulgar Latin *vēssīca, from Latin vēsīca.

vexiga f (plural vexigues)

1. bladder

• vesícula

Attested from the 15th century (vixiga). From Old Galician and Old Portuguese (compare Portuguese bexiga), from Vulgar Latin *vēssīca (compare Spanish vejiga), from Latin vēsīca.

• IPA^(key): /beˈʃiɣa̝/, /biˈʃiɣa̝/

vexiga f (plural vexigas)

1. bladder
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page93:

     geerase ajnda outra door dentro no corpo do Cauallo que uen de rretimento da vrina et faz jnchar a uixiga

     and yet another pain is produced inside the body of the horse which comes from the retention of the urine, and it makes the bladder to swell

2. gallbladder
3. blister

   Synonyms: ampola, bocha

4. pock
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page81:

     enton poras fero feruente Redondo na cabeça daquellas huceras ou vixigas que as qeime

     then you put a rounded hot iron on the head of that ulcers or pocks, for burning them

• vesícula
• vincha

• “ixiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “vexiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “vexiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vexiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.