nádega

Galician

Alternative forms

• nádiga

Etymology

Attested since circa 1350. From Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”). Cognate with Portuguese nádega and Spanish nalga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaðe̝ɣa̝/

Noun

nádega f (plural nádegas)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) buttock
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 92:

     Et ãbos aviã os cabelos bõos et longos et que lles dauã [per] las nadegas.

     Both of them had long good hair, long to the buttocks

   Synonym: cacha

References

• “nadega” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “nadega” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “nádega” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nádega” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nádega” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nadega, from Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.de.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.de.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.de.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈna.dɨ.ɡɐ/ [ˈna.ðɨ.ɣɐ]

Noun

nádega f (plural nádegas)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) buttock