xaxún

Meaning

1. (masculine) fast, fasting (abstention from food)
2. (masculine) fast, fasting (period of time when one abstains from food)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaˈʃuŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: iēiūnium

Cognate with Portuguese: jejum

Cognate with French: jeûne

Cognate with Spanish: ayuno

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese *jajun (attested in the plural jajũus, 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin iēiūnium (“fast”), from iēiūnus (“hungry, abstinent”), from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- (“to sacrifice”). Compare Portuguese jejum, French jeûne and Spanish ayuno. Doublet of the borrowed xexuno.

Sentences

No cerebro son unha fonte vital de enerxía durante o xaxún .

In the brain they are a vital source of energy during fasting.