sofraxe

• fraxa, ofraxe, sufraxe, xofraxe, ufraxe

Attested since the 18th century. From Late Latin suffragō (“hough, ham”), from sub- + *frāgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- (“rump, hock, hindquarters”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack, split”). Catalan sofraja.

• IPA^(key): [sʊˈfɾaʃɪ]

sofraxe f (plural sofraxes)

1. (anatomy) hough, poplit, ham (the region back of the knee joint)
   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Deixame estàr à meu cabo
     layandome do meu mal,
     que abo fèllas farto teño;
     grasias aDeus, que mo dà!
     Dòncheme tànto as sofràxes
     ô Peito, è aínda màis,
     que de dia, nin de nòite
     eu nunca podo acougàr.

     Let me be alone
     complaining about my sickness,
     which, by God, I have more than enough;
     thanks God, who gives that to me!
     My poplits hurt so bad,
     and my chest, and even more,
     that neither day nor night
     never can I settle down

   Synonym: xoga

• “sofraxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sofraxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sofraxe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.