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lesma

Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Attested since circa 1409. From Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Latin limax, limacem, perhaps under the influence of a local Celtic substrate;[1] or either from a substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y- (compare Polish ślimak).[2] Compare also the synonyms limacha, limáchega, limaco.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlesma/ [ˈlez̺.mɐ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛsma/ [ˈlɛz̺.mɐ]
  • Hyphenation: les‧ma

Noun edit

lesma f (plural lesmas)

  1. slug (animal)
    Synonyms: limacha, limáchega, limaco
    • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
      Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento
      for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, mixed and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment
  2. (figuratively) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space
    Synonyms: lapa, limacha, limáchega, limaco

References edit

  • “lesmez” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “lesma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “lesma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “lesma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “limaza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Julian Santano Moreno (2008) “IE *(s)lei- "viscoso" en las lenguas romances”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique‎[1], volumes 49-50, →ISSN, pages 223-262

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
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lesma

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *lĭmăcem, from Latin līmācem.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: les‧ma

Noun edit

lesma f (plural lesmas)

  1. slug (gastropod)
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesma.

Noun edit

lesma m or f by sense (plural lesmas)

  1. (figurative) a slow person
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesma.

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: les‧ma

Verb edit

lesma

  1. inflection of lesmar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesmar.

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