espiga

See also: espigá

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin spīca (“spike”).

Noun

espiga f (plural espigues)

1. spike (ear of grain)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin spīca (“spike”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əsˈpi.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /esˈpi.ɡa/

Noun

espiga f (plural espigues)

1. spike (ear of grain)

Related terms

• espigar

Further reading

• “espiga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “espiga” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “espiga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “espiga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• espía

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈpiɣɐ]

Noun

espiga f (plural espigas)

1. spike (ear of grain)
2. part of the axis that protrudes past the wheel

   Synonym: espigo

Derived terms

• espigado
• espigallo
• espigar
• espigarzo
• espigazo
• espigo
• espigocho
• espigón
• espigota
• espigote
• espigoto
• respigo
• respigón

 

Further reading

• “espiga” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “espiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “espiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• espija (Limousin)

Etymology

From Old Occitan espiga, from Latin spīca.

Noun

espiga f (plural espigas)

1. (Languedoc) spike (ear of grain)

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Old Portuguese

espigas de triigo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es̺.ˈpi.ɡa/

Noun

espiga f (plural espigas)

1. (botany) spike (ear of grain)

Descendants

• Galician: espiga
• Portuguese: espiga

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ˈpi.ɡa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃ.ˈpi.ɣɐ/
• Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ga

Etymology 1

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

espigas de trigo

Noun

espiga f (plural espigas)

1. (botany) spike (ear of grain)

Related terms

• espículo
• espigado
• espigão
• espigar
• grão
• respigar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

espiga

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of espigar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of espigar

Further reading

• “espiga” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

espiga

Etymology

From Old Spanish espiga, from Latin spīca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpiɡa/, [esˈpiɣa]
• Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ga

Noun

espiga f (plural espigas)

1. (botany) spike (ear of grain)
2. dowel

Related terms

• espigar

Further reading

• “espiga” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.