lesma
Galician
Alternative forms
- lerma, lerme, lermia, lerne, lesme, lesmia, lezme
Etymology
Attested since circa 1409. From Old Galician / Old Portuguese, ultimately from Latin limax, limacem, perhaps under the influence of a local Celtic substrate;[1] or either from a subtrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y- (compare Polish ślimak).[2] Compare also the synonyms limacha, limáchega, limaco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlesma̝/, /ˈlɛsma̝/
Noun
lesma f (plural lesmas)
- slug (animal)
- c1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
- Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento
- for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, mixed and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment
- Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento
- Synonyms: limacha, limáchega, limaco
- c1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
- (figuratively) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space
- Synonyms: lapa, limacha, limáchega, limaco
References
- “lesmez” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “lesma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “lesma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “lesma” 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), “limaza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- Julian Santano Moreno (2008), “IE *(s)lei- "viscoso" en las lenguas romances”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, volume 49-50, ISSN 0755-7752, pages 223-262
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *lĭmăcem, from Latin līmācem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlez.mɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈleʒ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlez.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈleʒ.mɐ/
- Hyphenation: les‧ma
Noun
lesma f (plural lesmas)
- slug (gastropod)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesma.
Noun
lesma m or f by sense (plural lesmas)
- (figuratively) a slow person
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesma.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɛz.mɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈlɛʒ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɛz.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlɛʒ.mɐ/
- Hyphenation: les‧ma
Verb
lesma
- inflection of lesmar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesmar.