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espiga

See also: espigá

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin spīca (“spike”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /esˈpiɡa/, [esˈpi.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ga

Noun edit

espiga f (plural espigues)

  1. spike (ear of grain)

Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin spīca (“spike”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

espiga f (plural espigues)

  1. spike (ear of grain)
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

espiga

  1. inflection of espigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese espiga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin spīca (“spike”).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

espiga f (plural espigas)

  1. spike (ear of grain)
  2. part of the axis that protrudes past the wheel
    Synonym: espigo
Derived terms edit

References edit

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

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

espiga

  1. inflection of espigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan espiga, from Latin spīca.

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Languedocien)(file)

Noun edit

espiga f (plural espigas)

  1. (Languedoc) spike (ear of grain)

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

 
espigas de triigo

Etymology edit

From Latin spīca (“spike”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *spheh₁y- (“sharp, sharp stick”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

espiga f (plural espigas)

  1. (botany) spike (ear of grain)

Descendants edit

  • Galician: espiga
  • Portuguese: espiga

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ga

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese espiga, from Latin spīca (“spike”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *spheh₁y- (“sharp, sharp stick”). Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Catalan espiga, Occitan espic, French épi, Italian spiga and Romanian spic.

 
espigas de trigo

Noun edit

espiga f (plural espigas)

  1. (botany) spike (ear of grain)
  2. corncob
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

espiga

  1. inflection of espigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /esˈpiɡa/ [esˈpi.ɣ̞a]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: es‧pi‧ga

Etymology 1 edit

 
espiga

Inherited from Old Spanish espiga, from Latin spīca.

Noun edit

espiga f (plural espigas)

  1. (botany) spike (ear of grain)
  2. dowel
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

espiga

  1. inflection of espigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

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