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Galician
Etymology 1
13th century. Either from a blend of Latin ridica (“vine-prop”) and rudicula (“spatula”), or from a Germanic compound (the modern form was probably influenced by the name Rodrigo, compare Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks).[1][2] Compare also Spanish rodrigón.
Pronunciation
Noun
rodriga f (plural rodrigas)
- prop
- Synonym: escora
- vine-prop
- Synonyms: arxón, estaca
1435, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 114:et qual quer persona que fose achado que leuase a dita rodriga das viñas alleas, se fose moller, que pagase de pena por cada vez dez mrs e de mays que lle fesesen tomar a rodriga á viña et á poer ena viña, segundo que a tirara, et que a posesen por hum dia ena picota- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rodriga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rodriga”, 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), “rodriga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rodriga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
rodriga
- inflection of rodrigar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative