ruxerruxe
Galician
    
    Alternative forms
    
- ronxerronxe, ruxe ruxe, ruxe-ruxe
Etymology
    
A reduplication of ruxe (“it sounds/jingles/roars”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ruʃeˈruʃɪ]
Noun
    
ruxerruxe m (plural ruxerruxes)
- jingle; hum
- rattle
- Synonym: axóuxere
 
- (figurative) rumor
- Synonym: runrún
 - 2004, Séchu Sende, Orixe, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 127:- Segundo o ruxerruxe, un dos xogadores era o gobernador e tamén se falaba do conde e do xuíz e dun capitán da Garda Civil, do cura e mesmo do alcalde- According to the rumor, one of the gamblers was the governor, and they also told of the count and the judge and a captain of the guards and the priest and even the mayor
 
 
 
Related terms
    
References
    
- “ruxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ruxerruxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ruxerruxe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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