engo

engo

See also: ENGO

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From local Vulgar Latin *educus, probably from Hispano-Celtic *ĕdŭcos (compare Gaulish *oducos, Latin ebulum and English elder). Cognate of Portuguese engos and of Spanish yezgo (“dwarf elder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋɡo̝/

Noun

engo m (plural engos)

1. dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 143:

     filla o çumo dos allos et das cebollas et do engu, que semella sebugo

   Synonym: sabugueiriño

References

• “engu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “engo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “yezgo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Japanese

Romanization

engo

1. Rōmaji transcription of えんご