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solmenar

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /solmeˈnaɾ/ [sol.meˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: sol‧me‧nar

Verb

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solmenar

  1. to shake vigorously (eg: a tree)
    • 1845-1895?, Teodoro Cuesta, La Danza:
      Tuércese com´una blima cuando ´l vientu la solmena
      It twists like a wicker when the wind shakes it.
  2. to hit, beat up
    • 1845-1895?, Teodoro Cuesta, A la memoria del malogrado General Concha[1]:
      El XIGANTE [...] quixo un día 'solmenar', en sos fuerces enfotau, esta probe nación q' aborrecía.
      One day, the GIANT wanted to beat up, confident in his strength, this poor nation that he hated.
    • 1869, Juan Junquera Huergo, Gramática Asturiana[2]:
      roña que rabia, solmena á lla muyer y llos fiínos, anda tudu s'guedeyau y ye menester trellu á recostines.
      (he is) a shithead that angers me, he hits his wife and children, he's all tattered and you have to carry him on your back.

Conjugation

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