lesma
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Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested since circa 1409. From Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Latin limax, limacem, perhaps under the influence of a local Celtic substrate;[1] or either from a substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y- (compare Polish ślimak).[2] Compare also the synonyms limacha, limáchega, limaco.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈlesma/ [ˈlez̺.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -esma
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛsma/ [ˈlɛz̺.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɛsma
- Hyphenation: les‧ma
Noun[edit]
lesma f (plural lesmas)
- slug (animal)
- c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
- Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento
- for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, mixed and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment
- (figuratively) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space
References[edit]
- “lesmez” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “lesma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “lesma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “lesma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “limaza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Julian Santano Moreno (2008) “IE *(s)lei- "viscoso" en las lenguas romances”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique[1], volumes 49-50, →ISSN, pages 223-262
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *lĭmăcem, from Latin līmācem.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: les‧ma
Noun[edit]
lesma f (plural lesmas)
- slug (gastropod)
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesma.
Noun[edit]
lesma m or f by sense (plural lesmas)
- (figurative) a slow person
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesma.
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: les‧ma
Verb[edit]
lesma
- inflection of lesmar:
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesmar.
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- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
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- Galician terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Galician/esma
- Rhymes:Galician/esma/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Galician/ɛsma
- Rhymes:Galician/ɛsma/2 syllables
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- Galician countable nouns
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- pt:Gastropods