cuixa

Inherited from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwiʃa/
• Syllabification: cui‧xa
• Rhymes: -iʃa

cuixa f (plural cuixas)

1. (anatomy) thigh

Inherited from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈku.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkuj.ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -ujʃa
• Hyphenation: cui‧xa

cuixa f (plural cuixes)

1. (anatomy) thigh

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• “cuixa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cuixa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cuixa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cuixa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)