"xota" meaning in Galician

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Noun

Forms: xotas [plural]
Etymology: Cognate with Spanish jota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“I dance”). Etymology templates: {{cog|es|jota}} Spanish jota, {{der|gl|mxi|*šáwta||jump|sc=Latn}} Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), {{der|gl|la|saltō||I dance}} Latin saltō (“I dance”) Head templates: {{gl-noun|f}} xota f (plural xotas)
  1. a popular dance with a lively rhythm, common in Aragon, Navarre, and Valencia Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-xota-gl-noun-AiSCyxCq Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Dance Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 3 30 13 30 4 Disambiguation of Dance: 99 1
  2. barb, the backwards point of the fishhook Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-xota-gl-noun-HmW6oNoW

Inflected forms

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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "mxi",
        "3": "*šáwta",
        "4": "",
        "5": "jump",
        "sc": "Latn"
      },
      "expansion": "Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "I dance"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin saltō (“I dance”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Spanish jota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“I dance”).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
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      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
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          "name": "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 3 30 13 30 4",
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "Aragon",
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        ],
        [
          "Navarre",
          "Navarre"
        ],
        [
          "Valencia",
          "Valencia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "barb",
          "barb"
        ],
        [
          "fishhook",
          "fishhook"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "xota"
}
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    "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
    "Galician feminine nouns",
    "Galician lemmas",
    "Galician nouns",
    "Galician terms derived from Latin",
    "Galician terms derived from Mozarabic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "mxi",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "2": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "xota f (plural xotas)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "a popular dance with a lively rhythm, common in Aragon, Navarre, and Valencia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance"
        ],
        [
          "lively",
          "lively"
        ],
        [
          "Aragon",
          "Aragon"
        ],
        [
          "Navarre",
          "Navarre"
        ],
        [
          "Valencia",
          "Valencia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "barb, the backwards point of the fishhook"
      ],
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        [
          "barb",
          "barb"
        ],
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          "fishhook",
          "fishhook"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "xota"
}

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