leituga

Galician

Leitugas

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lactūca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /lejˈtuɡa/ [lejˈt̪u.ɣ̞ɐ]
IPA^(key): (gheada) /lejˈtuħa/ [lejˈt̪u.ħɐ]

(standard) Rhymes: -uɡa
(gheada) Rhymes: -uħa

Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga

Noun

leituga f (plural leitugas)

References

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

Portuguese

leitugas (Hypochaeris radicata)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese leituga, from Latin lactūca (“lettuce, wolf's milk”), from lac (“milk”).

Cognate with Galician leituga, Spanish lechuga, Catalan lletuga, French laitue, Italian lattuga and Romanian lăptucă.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /lejˈtu.ɡɐ/ [leɪ̯ˈtu.ɡɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lejˈtu.ɡa/ [leɪ̯ˈtu.ɡa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐjˈtu.ɡɐ/ [lɐjˈtu.ɣɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lejˈtu.ɡɐ/ [lejˈtu.ɣɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /lejˈtu.ɡɐ/ [lejˈtu.ɣɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /leˈtu.ɡɐ/ [leˈtu.ɣɐ]

Hyphenation: lei‧tu‧ga

Noun

leituga f (plural leitugas)

Related terms

leite

See also

alface (“lettuce”)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.