samesuga

Galician

Alternative forms

• sambesuga

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese semesuga, from Latin sanguisuga (“leech”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sameˈsuɡa/ [s̺a.meˈs̺u.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /sameˈsuɡa/ [s̺a.meˈs̺u.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /sameˈsuħa/ [s̺a.meˈs̺u.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -uɡa

• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Rhymes: -uħa

• Hyphenation: sa‧me‧su‧ga

Noun

samesuga f (plural samesugas)

1. leech (animal)

   Synonym: bicha

   • 2011, Marica Campo, chapter 1, in Noutra dimensión, Vigo: Galaxia, →ISBN, page 11:

     Samesuga? Andar a chuchar o sangue? Que noxo! Como se lle puidera ocorrer ao autor do libro que alguén se quixese converter en samesuga?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• Samesugueiras

 

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “samesuga”, 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), “samesuga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “samesuga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN