cónchega

Galician

Alternative forms

• cônchega (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From cuncha +‎ -ega.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkont͡ʃeɡa/ [ˈkonʲ.t͡ʃe.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈkont͡ʃeɡa/ [ˈkonʲ.t͡ʃe.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈkont͡ʃeħa/ [ˈkonʲ.t͡ʃe.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ontʃeɡa

• Rhymes: -ontʃeɡa
• Rhymes: -ontʃeħa

• Hyphenation: cón‧che‧ga

Noun

cónchega f (plural cónchegas) (zoology)

1. shell
   • 1888, Fuliada 6, page 1 (journal):

     A unión e a mutu'axuda fai a forza; pro a unión e a axuda entre os gallegos é imposibre, porque cada un vive com'as lapas drento da própea cónchega, figurandoselle que pra nada ten que parar mentes na sorte do viciño, sendo así qu'o mecanismo social ten tal trabazón qu'o dano e desperfeuto da máis pequena das súas rodas ocasiona a roína e perda de tod'a máquena

     Union and mutual help make force; but union and help among Galicians is impossible, because each one of us lives as the limpets inside its own shell, figuring we shouldn't worry about the neighbour's fate at all; as such, the social mechanism is so stuck that the damage and flaw of the smallest of its gears causes the ruin and loss of the whole machine

   Synonym: cuncha

2. carapace

   Synonym: carapaça

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cónchega”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cónchega”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cónchega”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN