/ʃaˈʃuŋ/, [ʃaˈʃuŋ]
OrixeFrom Old Galician-Portuguese *jajun (attested in the plural jajũus, 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin iēiūnium (“fast”), from iēiūnus (“hungry, abstinent”), from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- (“to sacrifice”). Compare Portuguese jejum, French jeûne and Spanish ayuno. Doublet of the borrowed xexuno.
- masculinefast, fasting (abstention from food)
“Crees tu que atã grã pecado com̃o tu fezeche, que che seja perdoado por lagremas et por jajũus?” — Do you believe, given such a big sin as you did, that it will be forgiven through tears and fastings?
- masculinefast, fasting (period of time when one abstains from food)
Formasxaxúns(plural) · xexún(alternative) · jajum(alternative) · jejum(alternative)