engo

See also: eNGO, ENGO, and -engo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From local Vulgar Latin *educus, probably from Hispano-Celtic *ĕdŭcos (compare Gaulish *oducos, Latin ebulum and English elder). Cognate of Portuguese engos and of Spanish yezgo (“dwarf elder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋɡo̝/

Noun

engo m (plural engos)

1. dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)

   Synonym: sabugueiriño

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 143:

     filla o çumo dos allos et das cebollas et do engu, que semella sebugo

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “engu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “engo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “yezgo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Japanese

Romanization

engo

1. Rōmaji transcription of えんご

Tooro

engo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ngò (“leopard”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi ingwe, Lingala nkɔi and Zulu íngwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /éːnɡo/
• Rhymes: -éːnɡo
• Hyphenation: e‧ngo

Noun

engo class 9 (plural engo class 10, augmentless ngo, plural augmentless ngo)

1. leopard, member of the species Panthera pardus

   Hyponym: entale (“lion”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 31
2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 280
3. Entry 1408 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3