spułexar

Venetan

Alternative forms

• spulesar, spulesàr, spuiesar — alternative spellings
• spułexare — Central or archaic
  • spulesare — alternative spelling
• despułexar — Lagunar, Eastern
  • despulesar, despulesàr — alternative spellings
• spulzare — Central
  • spulxare, spulxàre — alternative spelling
• spulzar — Western
  • spulxar, spulxàr — Western
• spułegare — Central
  • spulegàre — alternative spelling
• ըսփուլիժարէ (əspʻuližarē) — 17th c. Armenian dictionary

Etymology

By surface analysis, s- +‎ pùłexe, pùłega (“flea”) +‎ -ar, compare Italian spulciare, French épucer, Spanish espulgar.

Pronunciation

• (Lagunar, Eastern) IPA^(key): /spulezˈar/, [-uje-], [-ue-]

Verb

spułexar (Lagunar, Eastern, Colonial)

1. (transitive) to deflea, get rid of fleas from, groom
2. (transitive, figurative) to search thoroughly everywhere, glean
   • 18th c., Francesco Gritti, La Tordina e i Tordinoti, lines 13–16:

     Za i passeroti a nuvole // Sbrega l'aria improvisi, // E in bozzoli o divisi // Va i campi a spulesar.

     The sparrows already in the clouds // the air suddenly scatters, // and in groups or divided // go peck around in fields.

Derived terms

• spułexera
• spułexon

 

References

• “spuƚexàr”, “spulexàr”, “spuƚexàre”, “despuƚexàr”, “spulxàre”, “spulxàr”, “spuƚegàre”, in el Galepin – www.elgalepin.com
• Basso, Walter (2005) “spulegàre”, in Dizionario da scarsèla veneto–italiano, 2nd edition, Padua: Ed. ScantaBauchi, page 316
• Contarini, Pietro (1888) “spuiesar”, in Vocabolario portabile del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: Tipografia dell'Ancora; I. Merlo, page 166a
• Nazari, Giulio (1876) “spulzare”, in Dizionario vicentino–italiano […], Oderzo: Bianchi, page 143b
• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “spulesàr”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 696b
• Paoletti, Ermolao (1851) “spulesar”, in Dizionario tascabile veneziano–italiano, Venice: F. Andreola, page 328b
• “spulesare”, in Dizionario tascabile del dialetto veneziano […], Padua: Tipografia del Seminario, 1847, page 122
• Patriarchi, Gasparo (1821) “spulesare”, in Vocabolario veneziano e padovano […], 3rd edition, Padua: Tipografia del Seminario, page 192a
• Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 247