galga
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galga
Galician edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from galgar (“to gauge”).
Noun edit
galga f (plural galgas)
- (anatomy) arch of the foot or of a shoe
- (by extension) each one of the two semicircular spans of a traditional wheel
- flat stone used as a brick
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Etymology 2 edit
Debated. Perhaps form galgo (“greyhound”), from Latin canem gallicum (“Gaulish dog”). Alternatively or concurrently from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (galga, “stake, pole”),[1] or any other descendant from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), or from a cognate of Old French gall (“stone”) (compare French galet), perhaps of Celtic origin.
Noun edit
galga f (plural galgas)
- rolling stone; any individual rock that rolls or is rolled down a hill, historically used as a weapon
- (figurative) cold gale
- stake which in traditional carts was used as a brake or restrain when descending
- (sports, traditional bowls) when the ball misses all the pins
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Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
galga
- inflection of galgar:
References edit
- “galga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “galga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “galga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “galga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
galga
- Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰
Guugu Yimidhirr edit
Alternative forms edit
- kalka (1898: Richard Phillips, ‘Vocabulary of Australian Aborigines in the neighbourhood of Cooktown, North Queensland’. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 27)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Paman *kalka, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kalka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galga
Synonyms edit
- gandul (avoidance language)
See also edit
References edit
- Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
- Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.
Old English edit
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galga m
- Alternative form of gealga
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
galga
- inflection of galgar:
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
galga f (plural galgas)
Further reading edit
- “galga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014