salouco

Galician

Etymology 1

From the verb saloucar, which was influenced by choricar (cf. the variant form solouzar), or from Vulgar Latin sugglutium, ultimately from Latin singultus.

Alternative forms

• saluco, zaluco

Noun

salouco m (plural saloucos)

1. hiccup

   Synonyms: impo, sotelo

2. sob

   Synonym: impo

Related terms

• saloucar

References

• “salouco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “salouco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “salouco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

salouco

1. first-person singular present indicative of saloucar