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Galician
Etymology 1
From Spanish jerga (“jargon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
xerga f (plural xergas)
- jargon; slang
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin sērica. Cognate with Portuguese xerga, enxerga and Spanish jerga.
Noun
xerga f (plural xergas)
- a coarse blanket of wool and linen woven on a loom
Derived terms
References
- “xerga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “xerga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “xerga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “xerga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.