bocezar

Old Leonese

Etymology

Probably from the blend of Latin bucca (“mouth”) and *oscitiare, from oscitare. Found in a Spanish document with heavy Leonese influence (Tractatus de proprietatibus rerum) dating to 1480.[1]

Verb

bocezar

  1. to yawn
    • 1480, Tractatus de proprietatibus rerum (Leonese-influenced Spanish):
      El animal, si bocezare en comiendo, cae alguna migaja del manjar en la canal del pulmón y entonce acontece al animal tose y afogamiento
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Asturian: bociar, bocexar, bocezar
  • Leonese: bocexare
  • Mirandese: bocejar

References

  1. ^ María de las Nieves Sánchez González de Herrero, Manuscritos medievales asturiano-leoneses no literarios (from the University of Salamanca) in Lletres Asturianes nº100 (2009) Pgs.45-62
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