galga
See also: gałga and Galga
Basque
Noun
galga
- brake
Galician
Etymology 1
Back-formation from galgar (“to gauge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡalɣa̝/
Noun
galga f (plural galgas)
- (anatomy) arch of the foot or of a shoe
- (by extension) each one of the two semicircular spans of a traditional wheel
- flat stone used as a brick
Derived terms
- galguear
- galgueiro
Related terms
- galgar
Etymology 2
Debated. Perhaps form galgo (“greyhound”), from Latin canem gallicum (“Gaulish dog”). Alternatively or concurrently from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (galga, “stake, pole”),[1] or any other descendant from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), or from a cognate of Old French gall (“stone”) (compare French galet), perhaps of Celtic origin.
Cognate with Spanish galga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡalɣa̝/
Noun
galga f (plural galgas)
- rolling stone; any individual rock that rolls or is rolled down a hill, historically used as a weapon
- (figuratively) cold gale
- stake which in traditional carts was used as a brake or restrain when descending
- (sports, traditional bowls) when the ball misses all the pins
Related terms
- galgo (“greyhound”)
- galocha (“clog”)
- galgueiro
References
- “galga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “galga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “galga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “galga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Gothic
Romanization
galga
- Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰
Guugu Yimidhirr
Alternative forms
- kalka (1898: Richard Phillips, ‘Vocabulary of Australian Aborigines in the neighbourhood of Cooktown, North Queensland’. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 27)
Etymology
From Proto-Paman *kalka, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kalka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡalɡa/
Noun
galga
- spear
Synonyms
- gandul (avoidance language)
See also
- banydyarr
- digarra
- murranggal
- yinba
References
- Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
- Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡaw.ɡɐ/ [ˈɡaʊ̯.ɡɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡaw.ɡa/ [ˈɡaʊ̯.ɡa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.ɡɐ/ [ˈɡaɫ.ɣɐ]
- Hyphenation: gal‧ga
- Rhymes: -alɡɐ, -awɡɐ
Verb
galga
- inflection of galgar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Etymology
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Noun
galga f (plural galgas)
- greyhound
Further reading
- “galga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014