polgar
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese polegar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pollicāris, from pollex. Compare Portuguese polegar, Spanish pulgar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]polgar m (plural polgares)
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- Synonyms: (informal) escachapiollos; (informal) matapiollos
References
[edit]- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “polegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pollegar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “polgar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “polgar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “polgar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.