nádega

Galician

Alternative forms

• nádiga

Etymology

Attested since circa 1350. From Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”). Cognate with Portuguese nádega and Spanish nalga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaðe̝ɣa̝/

Noun

nádega f (plural nádegas)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) buttock
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 92:

     Et ãbos aviã os cabelos bõos et longos et que lles dauã [per] las nadegas.

     Both of them had long good hair, long to the buttocks

   Synonym: cacha

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nadega”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “nádega” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nadega, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin natis "rump, buttock".

Noun

nádega f (plural nádegas)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) buttock