galga

See also: gałga and Galga

Basque

Pronunciation

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Noun

galga

1. brake

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalɣa̝/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from galgar (“to gauge”).

Noun

galga f (plural galgas)

1. (anatomy) arch of the foot or of a shoe
   1. (by extension) each one of the two semicircular spans of a traditional wheel
2. flat stone used as a brick

Derived terms

• galguear
• galgueiro

Related terms

• galgar

Etymology 2

Debated. Perhaps form galgo (“greyhound”), from Latin canem gallicum (“Gaulish dog”). Alternatively or concurrently from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (galga, “stake, pole”), or any other descendant from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), or from a cognate of Old French gall (“stone”) (compare French galet), perhaps of Celtic origin.

Cognate with Spanish galga.

Noun

galga f (plural galgas)

1. rolling stone; any individual rock that rolls or is rolled down a hill, historically used as a weapon
   1. (figurative) cold gale
2. stake which in traditional carts was used as a brake or restrain when descending
3. (sports, traditional bowls) when the ball misses all the pins

Related terms

• galgo (“greyhound”)
• galocha (“clog”)
• galgueiro

Etymology 3

Verb

galga

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

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “galga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gothic

Romanization

galga

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰

Guugu Yimidhirr

Alternative forms

• kalka (1898: Richard Phillips, ‘Vocabulary of Australian Aborigines in the neighbourhood of Cooktown, North Queensland’. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 27)

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *kalka, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kalka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalɡa/

Noun

galga

1. spear

Synonyms

• gandul (avoidance language)

See also

• banydyarr
• digarra
• murranggal
• yinba

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Old English

Noun

galga m

1. Alternative form of gealga

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaw.ɡɐ/ [ˈɡaʊ̯.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaw.ɡɐ/ [ˈɡaʊ̯.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaw.ɡa/ [ˈɡaʊ̯.ɡa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.ɡɐ/ [ˈɡaɫ.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: gal‧ga
• Rhymes: -alɡɐ, -awɡɐ

Verb

galga

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

Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

galga f (plural galgas)

1. greyhound

Further reading

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