coxa

See also: соха

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coxa (“hip”). Doublet of cuisse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒksə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑksə/
• Rhymes: -ɒksə

Noun

coxa (plural coxae)

1. (anatomy) The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example).

Synonyms

• coxopodite

Derived terms

• coxalgia
• coxarthrosis
• coxitis
• coxopleural
• coxosternite
• forecoxa
• mesocoxa
• praecoxa
• precoxa
• procoxa
• subcoxa

Related terms

• coxal
• coxa valga
• coxa vara

Translations

basal segment of some arthropods’ limbs

Portuguese: coxa (pt) f Spanish: coxa (es)

Anagrams

• coax

Galician

Alternative forms

• conxa, cuxa

Etymology

From an older coyxa (14th century), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoʃɐ]

Noun

coxa f (plural coxas)

1. (anatomy) thigh, the upper leg

   Synonym: coxote

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 67:

     se vsaren cauallgar en el por toios ou por llugares asperos a esto semellauijs, ven o Cauallo vsado a saltar et andar porllos llugares sobreditos, alçara as coixas et os pees mais apostamente pollos outros llugares

     if they happen to ride in [the horse] through gorses or through rough places similar to that, and the horse is used to jump and walk by the aforementioned places, then he will raise the thighs and the feet more handsomely when in other places

2. (of chicken) leg

See also

• perna

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “coyxa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “coyxa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coxa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coxa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN