gorxa

gorxa f (plural gorxes)

1. throat; gullet

From Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, likely connected to Latin gurges (“a whirlpool, eddy, gulf or sea”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔɾʃɐ]

gorxa f (plural gorxas)

1. (anatomy) gorge, gullet, throat
   • c1840, Ramón Varela Vahamonde, Conversa entre os arrieiros:

     A muller do Serafiño

     Por unha pinga rabéa,

     Quérea de cote a probiña,

     E se non bebe, toléa.

     Parece un longo varal,

     tratándose de viño,

     Gorxa tan ancha ela mostra

     Com’a canle dun bô muíño.

     Pro, se non vai por azumbres,

     Logo dí qu’é pouquiniño.

     Serafin's wife

     for a drop rages;

     she wants it all the time, poor thing,

     and if she doesn't drink she goes mad.

     She seems a long rod,

     but when it is about wine,

     she shows a gorge as wide

     as the flume of a good mill.

     But, if it doesn't come by gallons,

     soon she said that it is too little.

   Synonym: garganta

• gorgoiro
• gorgueira
• gurgullón

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