cuspe

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) cuspe

1. third-person singular present indicative of cuspir

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Galician

Alternative forms

• chuspe, cuspia

Etymology

1300. From the earlier cospe, from cospir (“to spit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuspe̝/

Noun

cuspe m (plural cuspes)

1. spittle; saliva
   • 1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Archivum, page 208:

     et [hũus] lle dizem mar de sal, por la agoa [quee] moy salgada, et os outros lle chamã mar morto por quese nõ criam aruores ẽna rribeyra, nẽ se criam peyxes em aquela agoa, nẽ aves, nẽ outra cousa viua nẽgũa, cõmo ẽnas outras agoas, et por que deyta dessy alugares [hũus] cospes negros de betume

     and some call it the sea of salt, because its waters are very salty, and others call it dead sea, because there are no trees in the shores nor fishes in the waters, nor birds, nor anything that is alive, as it happens in the other waters; and because in some places it throw out some spittles, which are black of bitumen

   Synonym: saliva

Related terms

• cuspir

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cosp”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuspe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡus.pi/, /ˈkus.pi/

Noun

cuspe m (plural cuspes)

1. spit; saliva

Synonyms

• saliva

Related terms

• cuspir