pértega

See also: pèrtega

Galician

Alternative forms

• pértiga

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pertica (“pole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɾtɪɣɐ], [ˈpɛɾtɪɣɐ]

Noun

pértega f (plural pértegas)

1. pole (used in the sport of pole vaulting)
2. mobile part of the flail (tool used for threshing)
3. flail (tool used for threshing)
4. outer pieces of the bed of a traditional Galician cart
5. shaft, batten
   • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 117:

     por duas cargas de pertegas dous moravedis

     for two loads of battens, two coins

6. twig
   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 90:

     começarõ afazer casas de madeyros mal labrados et tortos, quaes lles acaesçiam, et atados cõ vyncallos de caruallo torçidas et cõ outras pertegas, que nõ sabiam elles ajnda mays desta arte nẽ de carpentaria pera aquelo

     then they began to build wooden houses with badly carved crooked logs, as they found them, tied with straps made of twisted twigs of oak, and with other twigs, because they didn't knew enough of that art or of carpentry for doing that

   • 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 4:

     et tragia ẽno pescoço hũa pertega de caruallo entorta

     and he was wearing a twisted twig of oak around his neck

Synonyms

• pértego

Derived terms

• pertigueiro

References

• “pertega” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “perteg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pertega” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pértega” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pértega” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.