esculca
Galician
Etymology
From local Late Latin sculca (“watchtower”), from Proto-Germanic. Cognate of English skulk (“to hide”) and of Norwegian Nynorsk skulke (“to play truant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
esculca f (plural esculcas)
- inquiry
- 1853, Camilo Álvarez de Castro, [Carta a Rosalía de Castro]:
- vendo aí tantos homes de testa, capaces d'abranguer moito e ben, que puderan facer esculcas e recoller as cantigas i os contos de cada eido
- seeing so many intelligent, capable men who could undertake a lot ably, who could make enquiries and recollect the songs and the tales of every place [of Galicia]
- vendo aí tantos homes de testa, capaces d'abranguer moito e ben, que puderan facer esculcas e recoller as cantigas i os contos de cada eido
- 1853, Camilo Álvarez de Castro, [Carta a Rosalía de Castro]:
- report
- 1457, Fernando Tato (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Perez, page 188:
- e achara a Johán Rramallo [...] que leuaua hũu ljmoeyro çebtý que avía arrĩcado da orta [...] e que Afonso Rrodriges Vimyeiro dera a esculca del a seu dono
- and that he found Xoán Ramallo [...] who took away a lemon tree that he had pulled out from the garden [...] and that Afonso Rodríguez Vimieiro has given a report about him to its proprietor
- e achara a Johán Rramallo [...] que leuaua hũu ljmoeyro çebtý que avía arrĩcado da orta [...] e que Afonso Rrodriges Vimyeiro dera a esculca del a seu dono
- 1457, Fernando Tato (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Perez, page 188:
- (archaic) spy
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana, page 235:
- Et coydou que era esculca que vĩjña esculcar sua terra, ca Peleus ben sabía que entre elles et troyãos auj́a grã desamor.
- And he thought that he was a spy which has come to investigate their country, because Peleus knew well that in between them and the Trojans there was a large enmity
- Et coydou que era esculca que vĩjña esculcar sua terra, ca Peleus ben sabía que entre elles et troyãos auj́a grã desamor.
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana, page 235:
Derived terms
References
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- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esculc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esculca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN