saboga

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Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin samauca, with change of m to b, from Proto-Celtic *samos (summer).

Pronunciation

Noun

saboga f (plural sabogues)

  1. any fish of the genus Alosa, particularly the allis shad (Alosa alosa)
    Synonym: alosa

Further reading

Galician

saboga

Etymology

From Late Latin samauca, from Proto-Celtic *samos (summer).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

saboga f (plural sabogas)

  1. salema porgy, goldline (Sarpa salpa)
    Synonyms: perla, bogón, sopa

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sábalo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos