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melga

See also: melgá

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica (“Median”).

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Noun

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melga f (plural melgues)

  1. alfalfa
    Synonyms: alfals, userda

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Galician

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Melga ("spiny dogfish")

Etymology 1

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Unknown. Perhaps from Latin merga (“two-pronged fork”), because of its two characteristic spines.[1] Cognate with Spanish mielga.

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melga f (plural melgas)

  1. spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
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Etymology 2

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Attested since the 15th century. From Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica, from Mēdia.[2]

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melga f (plural melgas)

  1. spelt
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 61:
      deue o potro comer feo, palla, herua, orio, auea, espelqa, que quer dizer melga, et as qousas semellauelles a esto
      the foal must eat hay, straw, grass, barley, oats, spelt, that is melga, and things such like these
  2. flake
  3. fog

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  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “melga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “melga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “melga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “melga” 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) “mielga II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “mielga I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛw.ɡɐ/ [ˈmɛʊ̯.ɡɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛw.ɡa/ [ˈmɛʊ̯.ɡa]

Etymology 1

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Unknown.[1][2]

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melga f (plural melgas)

  1. common mosquito
  2. (Portugal) an annoying person for their speech or constant presence
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Verb

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melga

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

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  1. ^ “melga” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “melga” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmelɡa/ [ˈmel.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -elɡa
  • Syllabification: mel‧ga

Etymology 1

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Uncertain.

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melga f (plural melgas)

  1. strip of land marked for sowing seeds

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Adjective

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melga f

  1. feminine singular of melgo

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Verb

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melga

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

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