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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese semesuga, from Latin sanguisuga (“leech”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /sameˈsuɡa/
- IPA(key): (gheada) /sameˈsuħa/
Noun
samesuga f (plural samesugas)
- leech (animal)
- Synonym: bicha
2011, Marica Campo, chapter 1, in Noutra dimensión, Vigo: Galaxia, →ISBN, page 11:Samesuga? Andar a chuchar o sangue? Que noxo! Como se lle puidera ocorrer ao autor do libro que alguén se quixese converter en samesuga?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “samesuga”, 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), “samesuga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “samesuga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN