Galician

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Etymology

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From teiga, from Andalusian Arabic تَعْلِيقَة (taʕlíqa, hanging thing).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ateigar (first-person singular present ateigo, first-person singular preterite ateiguei, past participle ateigado)

  1. to overfill
    Synonyms: abarrotar, atestar
    • 1922, Victoriano Taibo, Abrente. Versos galegos, Santiago: El Eco de Santiago, page 99:
      Amor non ch'é cego que pispa e ás légoas, e leva o carcax ateigado, non d'agudas frechas, sinón de billetes de banco e louras moedas
      Love isn't blind, 'cause he sees for miles, and he carries his quiver packed, not with sharp arrows, but with bank notes and blonde coins

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References

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  1. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “taleca”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN