caluga
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from cala (“cove”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caluga f (plural calugues)
- thinlip mullet
- Synonyms: cap-pla, llissa capplà
- leaping mullet
- Synonyms: llissa agut, llissa fusany
- boxlip mullet
- Synonym: llissa morruda
Further reading
[edit]- “caluga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Probably from substrate language.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caluga f (plural calugas)
- nape; back of the head
- 1838, Florencio Pol, Espello de deputados:
- pois penso que desvarías
desd'a caluja hastr'os pés- then I think that you are delusional
from top to toe
- then I think that you are delusional
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caluga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “caluga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caluga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caluga f (plural calugas) (Chile)
Further reading
[edit]- “caluga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- Rhymes:Spanish/uɡa
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