torga

torga

Asturian

FWOTD – 14 May 2013

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Latin torques.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾɡa/, [ˈt̪oɾ.ɣ̞a]

Noun

torga f (plural torgues)

1. a pole tied horizontally to the head of a sheep, calf or pig so it doesn’t get through fences
   • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 59:

     Anque nel puertu el pastu ye llibre y el ganáu anda per too ensin denguna torga, cada braña o macháu pertenez a un pueblu.

     Even though in the summer pasture the pasture is free and the livestock walks all around without any torga, each braña or macháu belongs to a village.

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Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown. Probably from a substrate term *tǒrgăno-; cognate of Leonese and Asturian tuérgano.

Alternative forms

• torgo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔɾɣɐ]

Noun

torga f (plural torgas)

1. heather

   Synonyms: uz, breixo

Derived terms

• Torgal
• Torguedo

 

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin torques.[1]

Noun

torga f (plural torgas)

1. bond usually made with a twisted twig

   Synonyms: viorto, corre, costrán, vencello, vincallo

2. small hole on earth (as those done by moles); molehill

   Synonym: toupeira

3. hindrance (an object used to prevent pigs to access or pass through enclosures)

   Synonyms: péga, traba

References

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

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “torca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Icelandic

Noun

torga

1. indefinite genitive plural of torg

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• torgene

Noun

torga n

1. definite plural of torg

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

torga n

1. definite plural of torg