espigo
See also: espigó
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Etymology 1 edit
From espiga, from Latin spīca (“ear of corn”), perhaps influenced by a Germanic tongue, compare English spike.
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espigo m (plural espigos)
- tang (of a knife or tool)
- projecting end of the axle of a traditional cart
- Synonym: espiga
- hangnail
- shaft of a cart or wagon
- splinter that pierces the skin
- Synonym: respigo
- peg
- a peg or wedge used to fasten the wheel to the axle of a traditional Galician cart
- a broken or fragmentary ear of corn
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- “espigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “espigo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “espigo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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