cuspe

Asturian

Verb

cuspe

1. third-person singular present indicative of cuspir

Galician

Etymology 1

1300. From the earlier cospe, back-formation from cospir (“to spit”).

Alternative forms

• chuspe, cuspia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuspe̝/

Noun

cuspe m (plural cuspes)

1. spittle; saliva

   Synonym: saliva

   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 208:

     et [hũus] lle dizem mar de sal, por la agoa [quee] moy salgada, et os outros lle chamã mar morto por quese nõ criam aruores ẽna rribeyra, nẽ se criam peyxes em aquela agoa, nẽ aves, nẽ outra cousa viua nẽgũa, cõmo ẽnas outras agoas, et por que deyta dessy alugares [hũus] cospes negros de betume

     and some call it the sea of salt, because its waters are very salty, and others call it dead sea, because there are no trees in the shores nor fishes in the waters, nor birds, nor anything that is alive, as it happens in the other waters; and because in some places it throw out some spittles, which are black of bitumen

Related terms

• cuspir

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cospe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cosp”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuspe”, 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), “cuspe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuspe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

cuspe

1. second-person singular imperative of cuspir

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cuspo
• guspe (nonstandard)

Etymology

From cuspir (“to spit”)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkus.pi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkus.pi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʃ.pi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkus.pe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʃ.pɨ/

• Hyphenation: cus‧pe

Noun

cuspe m (plural cuspes)

1. spit; saliva

   Synonyms: saliva (technical term), cuspinho

Usage notes

The form cuspo is the one more common in Portugal.

Related terms

• cuspir