palabra asturiana más guapa / most beautiful Asturian word

[Álvaro]

[Marta Elena Díaz García]

Hi,

What do you think about "CAXIGALINES"....
Is it or not a very nice word? It is another "musical word"...

Caxigalines means: trifle, something of little importance or value

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¿Qué os parece "CAXIGALINES" ...
¿Es o no una palabra guapa? Para mi es otra palabra con música

Caxigalines: bagatelas, menudencias

[Art]

Does caxigalines literally mean something like "box of chickens"?

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¿Significa caxigalines palabra por palabra "caja de gallinas"?

[Bob]

I like the sound of it. Personally, however, I favor "xana," but my knowledge of asturianu leaves much to be desired.

I think one of the best sounding words in English is "silver" (plata), a word that oddly enough has no rhyme I can think of.

[Marta Elena Díaz García]

Dear Art, dear Bob:

It was very funny that the word "caxigalines" remember you a "caxa de gallines".....

I don´t know exactly the origin of the word. I was looking for a word equivalent in Spanish and the word "cajigal" (or "quejigal") may be a possibility.

Cajigal means a field planted with "cajigos" (or "quejigos") that are trees such as holm oaks, oaks, etc. These trees give acorns. I suppose that in bable those cajigos and, particularly their fruits, could be named as "caxigos".....and from this we have "caxigalines":

Cajigos------> caxigos-------> caxigalines.

This is my theory.....I suppose in the forum there are persons with a deeper knowledge of the ethimological origin of this word.

Xana is also a nice word.

What do you think about "paxello"?
Marta

[Marta Elena Díaz García]

Hello Bob:

I don't know the rules for rhymes in English, but.....can silver rhyme with river?
Marta

[Bob]

I like the sound of paxellu (some kind of basket?).

As to "silver," I was thinking of what is sometimes called feminine rhyme, where the last two syllables rhyme (where the second is unstressed). I don't think there is another English word pronounced with the "ilver" sound from silver. Masculine rhymes match only the last (stressed) syllable.

Another word without a feminine rhyme in English is "orange," although some people have suggested "door hinge." The sound is not really the same, however, since the "h" in hinge is pronounced in American English (it would rhyme for Cockneys).

I write fiction and poetry, and use no rhymes (just rhythm and meter and assonance) in my poetry. Here's one little excerpt:

For others, stars and moon loom dark and black,
Chilling night mists, filled with ashes, dead men's fingers,
All cold and breathless terrors,
While we and we alone, ablaze, fear not,
And drink the living silver of the night

[Marta Elena Díaz García]

Hi, Bob,

....and what about "sliver" (same letters, different order)....

Your poem is wonderful.....

"Para los otros, estrellas y luna, amenazante oscuridad y negrura.
Niebla nocturna aterradora, de cenizas, dedos amenazantes de muertos,
Frío, terrores irrespirables.
Mientras que nosotros, nosotros solos, en llamas, sin miedo,
bebemos la luz viva, de plata, de la noche...."

I like it, even after my translation .....

Marta

[Bob]

No, sliver and silver don't rhyme. It needs the "il" sound.

I'm pleased that you enjoyed the poem stanza, and I do like your translation. It's a piece of a series of poems I wrote for my wife, Evelyn, twelve years ago. I had been writing fiction for a while, but never poetry, until I notice a highway marker that read "Ruby Road," and immediately thought "more precious than rubies, glistering and darker than blood," and composed most of the poem in my mind during the rest of the drive home. This somehow led to a poem for each month of the year.

I've read some of my short stories, which are based on Asturian themes and characters, at several meetings of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, and will probably do so again in November. I'm currently looking for a publisher.

I'm a biology professor, and most of my colleagues donlt quite understand why I write instead of doing lab research. The simplest answer is that it is much more enjoyable and creative.

[Bob]

Caxigalines

http://mas.lne.es/diccionario/index.php?palabra=caxigalina&buscarter=on&buscardesc=on

[Art]

Thanks Bob! I never noticed before that the Diccionario General de la Lengua Asturiana (DGLA) doesn´t give word origins. There´s an opportunity!

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¡Gracias Bob! Nunca noté de que el Diccionario General de la Lengua Asturiana (DGLA) no da los orígenes de palabras. ¡Hay una oportunidad!

[Camandula]

Fañagüetu es una palabra que siempre me pareció divertida, más por su sonoridad que por su significado...

Se usa sobre todo para denomimnar el aparato genital femenino.

[Jesus_Aviles]

The one I love the best is "Rebelgos"

[Art]

Does "rebelgos" mean "tickle"?

It appears that "fañagüetu" has several meanings. Here´s the definition from the DGLA (Diccionario General de la Lengua Asturiana):
http://mas.lne.es/diccionario/index.php?palabra=Fa%F1ag%FCetu&buscarter=on&buscardesc=on

[Jesus_Aviles]

Rebelgos = Cosquillas = Tickles