sabuxo

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Galician

Sabuxo

Alternative forms

Etymology

14th century. From Late Latin segusius, having perhaps a toponymical origin. Cognate with Portuguese sabujo, Spanish sabueso, Italian segugio.

Pronunciation

Noun

sabuxo m (plural sabuxos)

  1. hound (dog breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting)
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 393:
      cõmo era moy ardido et vrgulloso et ualẽt, estaua en meo do cãpo cõmo porquo mõtés ontre os sabujos, et liuraua o cãpo en derredor de ssy
      As he was very bold, and haughty, and valiant, he was in the middle of the battlefield as a wild pig among the hounds, and he was cleaning the field around him

References

  • sabujo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • sabujo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • sabuxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • sabuxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “sabueso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos