kite; hang glider (any gliding construction of poles and fabric) · dragon, shrew, battle axe, vixen, harpy (unkind woman, wife) · dragon (mythical beast)
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).
köken: First attested in 1723. A result of an incorrect analysis of the word jobanya, which is from job (“better”, obsolete form of jobb, comparative of jó) + anya (“mother”). Compare the obsolete jó banya (“grandmother”).
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Occitan bruèissa, Portuguese bruxa, Spanish bruja), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).
aile: all de bruixa, bruixa sense taques, bruixeria, bruixot, embruixar, palaia bruixa
köken: Attested since circa 1750. Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Portuguese, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”))
aile: bruxaria, bruxedo
eu sen ser pieira, nen pensare en sé-lo, nen meiga nen bruxa, nen cousa do demo