galga

See also: gałga and kalka

Basque

Noun

galga

1. brake

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Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from galgar (“to gauge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalɣa̝/

Noun

galga f (plural galgas)

1. (anatomy) arch of the foot or of a shoe
   1. (by extension) each one of the two semicircular spans of a traditional wheel
2. flat stone used as a brick

Derived terms

• galguear
• galgueiro

Related terms

• galgar

Etymology 2

Debated. Perhaps form galgo (“greyhound”), from Latin canem gallicum (“Gaulish dog”). Alternatively or concurrently from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (galga, “stake, pole”), or any other descendant from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), or from a cognate of Old French gall (“stone”) (compare French galet), perhaps of Celtic origin.

Cognate with Spanish galga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalɣa̝/

Noun

galga f (plural galgas)

1. rolling stone; any individual rock that rolls or is rolled down a hill, historically used as a weapon
   1. (figurative) cold gale
2. stake which in traditional carts was used as a brake or restrain when descending
3. (sports, traditional bowls) when the ball misses all the pins

Related terms

• galgo (“greyhound”)
• galocha (“clog”)
• galgueiro

References

• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “galga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Gothic

Romanization

galga

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰

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Guugu Yimidhirr

Alternative forms

• kalka (1898: Richard Phillips, ‘Vocabulary of Australian Aborigines in the neighbourhood of Cooktown, North Queensland’. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 27)

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *kalka, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kalka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalɡa/

Noun

galga

1. spear

Synonyms

• gandul (avoidance language)

See also

• banydyarr
• digarra
• murranggal
• yinba

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -awɡa

Verb

galga

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Spanish

Noun

galga f (plural galgas)

1. greyhound