Galician edit

 
Galician xugos ("yokes")
 
A parir of Galician xugos de molida ("head yokes")

Etymology edit

Attested since the 13th century (jugo). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin jugum, iugum. Compare Portuguese jugo, Spanish yugo.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

xugo m (plural xugos)

  1. yoke
    Synonym: canga
  2. chain or strap that connects both parts of a flail
    Synonyms: cedoiro, entrecarto, inzadoiro, loro, pealla

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References edit

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

Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin sūcus. For the development of the initial consonant, compare xeringa and xabon.

Noun edit

xugo m (plural xugos)

  1. juice
    • c. 1223, anonymous author, Semejanza del mundo:
      e dizen a otra piedra malanites, este nonbre por que quando la quebrantan salle della vn xugo dulçe como mjel
      and there is another stone named malanites, thus called because when it is broken, some juice, sweet like honey, comes out of it

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: jugo

Venetian edit

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Etymology edit

From Latin jocus, iocus. Compare Italian gioco.

Noun edit

xugo m (plural xughi)

  1. game

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