torga

Asturian

FWOTD – 14 May 2013

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin torques.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾ.ɡa/

Noun

torga f (plural torgues)

1. a pole tied horizontally to the head of a sheep, calf or pig so it doesn’t get through fences
   • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 59:

     Anque nel puertu el pastu ye llibre y el ganáu anda per too ensin denguna torga, cada braña o macháu pertenez a un pueblu.

     Even though in the summer pasture the pasture is free and the livestock walks all around without any torga, each braña or macháu belongs to a village.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• torgo

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate term *tǒrgăno-; cognate of Leonese and Asturian tuérgano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾɣa̝/

Noun

torga f (plural torgas)

1. heather

   Synonyms: uz, breixo

2. bond usually made with a twisted twig

   Synonyms: viorto, corre, costrán, vencello, vincallo

3. small hole on earth (as those done by moles)
4. hindrance (an object used to prevent pigs to access or pass through enclosures)

   Synonym: estorbada

5. pole carried by two men to bear several cargo pieces at the same time

References

• Template:R:DDLG

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite genitive plural of torg

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• torgene

Noun

torga n

1. definite plural of torg

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

torga n

1. definite plural of torg