Masculino
xaxún
Significado (English)
- (masculine) fast, fasting (abstention from food)
- (masculine) fast, fasting (period of time when one abstains from food)
Hifenizado como
xa‧xún
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ʃaˈʃuŋ/
Etimologia (English)
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.
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