picossejar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [pi.ku.səˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pi.ko.səˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pi.ko.seˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Verb
[edit]picossejar (first-person singular present picossejo, first-person singular preterite picossegí, past participle picossejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to peck (injure or seize with the beak)
- 2015, Josep Vallverdú, Viatge al segle XX:
- Si diem que menja com un ocellet no volem dir que picosseja el mill, o que s'alimenta de pinso; volem dir que menja poca quantitat.
- If we say that he eats like a bird, we don't mean that he pecks millet or that he subsists on feed; we mean that he eats small quantities.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of picossejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “picossejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.