xiuxiuejar

Catalan

FWOTD – 24 October 2012

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; xiu-xiu (sound of whispering) + -ejar.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ʃiw.ʃiw.əˈʒa/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiw.t͡ʃiw.eˈd͡ʒaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

xiuxiuejar (first-person singular present xiuxiuejo, past participle xiuxiuejat)

  1. to whisper
    • 2012, Joseph Conrad (translation by Ferran Ràfols Gesa), Contes del neguit (Tales of Unrest), Editorial Alpha, page 54:
      Ell corria al meu costat sense tocar a terra, i xiuxiuejava, xiuxiuejava; era invisible, però ben nítid a l'orella.
      He ran beside me without touching the ground, and whispered, whispered; he was invisible, but clear in my ear.

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