xinxa

Borrowed from Mozarabic *činče, itself from Latin cīmicem (cf. Spanish chinche). The Catalan singular xinxa is a back-formation from the plural xinxes. Displaced Old Catalan címeu, which was directly inherited from Latin.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʃiɲ.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈt͡ʃiɲ.t͡ʃa]

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xinxa f (plural xinxes)

1. bedbug

• “xinxa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “xinxa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “xinxa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.