noadă

Forms

noadă f (plural noade)^[1]

Etymology

DEX and MDA2 have it inherited from Vulgar Latin *noda, and the DLR, after Candrea and Densusianu, explains that form as a singular made from the plural of nōdum, the neuter beside nōdus (“knot”), which a Latin gloss records as “joint, limb”.^[2][3][4][5] Pușcariu instead derives it from nod “knot”, with the change of gender due to coadă “tail”.^[6] Ciorănescu also lists it among the derivatives of that noun, with the alternation of neg and neagă, and records Iordan's view of the Latin word for “knot” crossed with the word for “tail”.^[7] Tiktin doubts the link with “knot” and suggests nates (“buttocks”) influenced by the word for “tail”.^[8] Ciorănescu finds the association with “tail” evident.^[7]

Its cognate Aromanian noadã means “penis” and “rump”.^[9][10]

Earliest recorded meaning

Tiktin's first record is in Heliade-Rădulescu's works, in 1844;^[8][3] MDA2 cites the same source.^[8][3] Pann's proverb plays on the rhyme with coadă: the quail claims to have a tail, but it reaches only to the rump, „numai pân-la noadă”.^[8]

Semantic evolution

The basic sense is the coccyx, also called noada șezutului; by extension it is the region around it, the root of an animal's tail and a bird's rump.^[4][2] A regional sense is the wrist joint.^[3][11]

Timeline

• 1844 – in Heliade-Rădulescu, the first record.^[8]
• 1862 – noada șezutului in Pontbriant's dictionary.^[4]

Meanings

Noun

1. (popular, anatomy) the coccyx; by extension, the region around it.^[2][1]
2. (of animals) the root of the tail;^[2][3] (of birds) the rump.^[2][3]
3. (regional) the wrist.^[3][11]

Related words

• nod
• coadă
• Aromanian noadã

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 718
3. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 160
4. ^ a b c Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. noadă
5. ^ Candrea, I.-A.; Densusianu, Ov. (1907–1914), Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române: elementele latine (A–Putea), București, p. 201
6. ^ Pușcariu, Sextil (1905), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der rumänischen Sprache I: Lateinisches Element, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, p. 103
7. ^ a b Ciorănescu, Alexandru (1958–1966), Diccionario etimológico rumano, La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna (Romanian ed.: Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române, București: Saeculum, 2001), p. s.v. nod
8. ^ a b c d e Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. noadă
9. ^ Papahagi, Tache (1963), Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 777
10. ^ Pascu, Giorge (1925), Dictionnaire étymologique macédoroumain, 2 vols. (I: Les éléments latins et romans; II: Les éléments grecs, turcs, slaves, albanais, germaniques, magyars, néologismes, créations immédiates, obscurs), Iași: Cultura Națională, p. 1, 128
11. ^ a b Bulgăr, Gheorghe; Constantinescu-Dobridor, Gheorghe (2002), Dicționar de arhaisme și regionalisme, 2 vols., București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. noadă