leituga
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lactūca.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga
Noun edit
leituga f (plural leitugas)
References edit
- “leituga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “leituga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “leituga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese leituga, from Latin lactūca (“lettuce, wolf's milk”), from lac (“milk”).
Cognate with Galician leituga, Spanish lechuga, Catalan lletuga, French laitue, Italian lattuga and Romanian lăptucă.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga
Noun edit
leituga f (plural leitugas)
- cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata); smooth cat's ear (Hypochaeris glabra)
- hare lettuce (Sonchus fruticosus and S. pinnatus)
- prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)
- European umbrella milkwort (Tolpis barbata)
Related terms edit
See also edit
- alface (“lettuce”)