samesuga
Galician
Alternative forms
- sambesuga
Etymology
Attested since the 15th century. From Latin sanguisuga (“leech”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sameˈsuɣa̝/
Noun
samesuga f (plural samesugas)
- leech (animal)
- Synonyms: bicha, sambesuga
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 135:
- Para esto ual reer o lugar jnchado et çercallo de semesugas para liurar ende o sange que y ha para seyr fora
- For this is valid to shave the swollen place and then to encircle it with leeches, so freeing the blood that is there, letting it go out
Derived terms
- Samesugueiras
References
- “semesuga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “samesuga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “samesuga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “samesuga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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