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Galician
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
Noun
nádega f (plural nádegas)
- (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
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nadega”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nadega”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nádega”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nádega”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nádega”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese nadega, from Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nádega f (plural nádegas)
- (anatomy, usually in the plural) buttock