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Venetan
Etymology
By surface analysis, s- + pùłexe, pùłega (“flea”) + -ar, compare Italian spulciare, French épucer, Spanish espulgar.
Pronunciation
Verb
spułexar (Lagunar, Eastern, Colonial)
- (transitive) to deflea, get rid of fleas from, groom
- (transitive, figurative) to search thoroughly everywhere, glean
18th c., Francesco Gritti, La Tordina e i Tordinoti, lines 13–16:Za i passeroti a nuvole // Sbrega l'aria improvisi, // E in bozzoli o divisi // Va i campi a spulesar.- The sparrows already in the clouds // the air suddenly scatters, // and in groups or divided // go peck around in fields.
Derived terms
References
- “spuƚexàr”, “spulexàr”, “spuƚexàre”, “despuƚexàr”, “spulxàre”, “spulxàr”, “spuƚegàre”, in el Galepin – www.elgalepin.com
- Basso, Walter (2005) “spulegàre”, in Dizionario da scarsèla veneto–italiano, 2nd edition, Padua: Ed. ScantaBauchi, page 316
- Contarini, Pietro (1888) “spuiesar”, in Vocabolario portabile del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: Tipografia dell'Ancora; I. Merlo, page 166a
- Nazari, Giulio (1876) “spulzare”, in Dizionario vicentino–italiano , Oderzo: Bianchi, page 143b
- Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “spulesàr”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 696b
- Paoletti, Ermolao (1851) “spulesar”, in Dizionario tascabile veneziano–italiano, Venice: F. Andreola, page 328b
- “spulesare”, in Dizionario tascabile del dialetto veneziano , Padua: Tipografia del Seminario, 1847, page 122
- Patriarchi, Gasparo (1821) “spulesare”, in Vocabolario veneziano e padovano , 3rd edition, Padua: Tipografia del Seminario, page 192a
- Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 247