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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sauugo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sauugo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sabugo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sabugo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sabugo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈbu.ɡu/

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

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

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