xugo

Galician

Galician xugos ("yokes")

A parir of Galician xugos de molida ("head yokes")

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (jugo). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin jugum, iugum. Compare Portuguese jugo, Spanish yugo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃuɣʊ]

Noun

xugo m (plural xugos)

1. yoke

   Synonym: canga

2. chain or strap that connects both parts of a flail

   Synonyms: cedoiro, entrecarto, inzadoiro, loro, pealla

Derived terms

• xugo de cancís (“withers yoke”)
• xugo de canga (“bow yoke”)
• xugo de mulida (“head yoke”)

Related terms

• xunguir

See also

• xugo on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

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

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sūcus. For the development of the initial consonant, compare xeringa and xabon.

Noun

xugo m (plural xugos)

1. juice
   • c. 1223, anonymous author, Semejanza del mundo:

     e dizen a otra piedra malanites, este nonbre por que quando la quebrantan salle della vn xugo dulçe como mjel

     and there is another stone named malanites, thus called because when it is broken, some juice, sweet like honey, comes out of it

Descendants

• Spanish: jugo

Venetian

Alternative forms

• xógo, xogo, zugo

Etymology

From Latin jocus, iocus. Compare Italian gioco.

Noun

xugo m (plural xughi)

1. game

Related terms

• xugadore
• xugar, xogar, zugar