nalga
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Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”).
Noun
nalga f (plural nalgues)
Ladino
Noun
nalga f (Latin spelling)
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”) (compare Catalan natja, Galician nádega, Italian natica, Portuguese nádega, Old French nache).
The /l/ resulted from an original */ˈnad(e)ɡa/. For similar examples, see Spanish alma (“soul”) from Latin anima, and Asturian dolce (“twelve”), from earlier */ˈdod(e)dze/, from Latin duodecim. Compare Spanish juzgar, from Latin iūdicāre, and the Spanish suffix -azgo from Latin -āticum.
Pronunciation
Noun
nalga f (plural nalgas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nalga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16