esculcar

Galician

Etymology

From esculca (“observation, inquiry”), from local High Middle Ages (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  sculca (“watchtower”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *skulkan. Cognate of English skulk (“to hide”) and of Norwegian Nynorsk skulke (“to play truant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskulˈkaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to watch, to observe, to 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

2. (intransitive) to inquiry, to research

Derived terms

• Esculqueira

References

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