sabugo

Galician

Alternative forms

• sabuco, samuco

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus.

Noun

sabugo m (plural sabugos)

1. (dated) elderberry; elder (shrub of the genus Sambucus)

   Synonyms: bieiteiro, sabugueiro

2. kernel of the elderberry wood
3. nailbed (area underneath the nail)
4. the spongy substance inside horns
5. in general, any soft medulla under a hard substance

Related terms

• Sabaceda
• Sabacedo
• Zabuceda

References

• “sauugo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sauugo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “sabugo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sabugo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sabugo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus. Compare Italian sambuco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈbu.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈbu.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈbu.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈbu.ɡu/ [sɐˈβu.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: sa‧bu‧go

Noun

sabugo m (plural sabugos)

1. elderberry; elder (shrub of the genus Sambucus)

   Synonym: sabugueiro

2. elderberry (fruit of the elderberry shrub)
3. corncob (core of an ear of corn)
4. nailbed (area underneath the nail)
5. the spongy substance inside horns

Derived terms

• sabugal
• sabugueiro