embelga

Galician

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *ambelika, from Proto-Celtic *ambi- + Proto-Celtic *el- (“to go”) + Proto-Celtic *-ikos. Cognate with Spanish amelga.[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /emˈbɛlɣa̝/

Noun

embelga f (plural embelgas)

each strip of terrain that is marked in a field before sowing it
Synonyms: peada, treita

References

“embelga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“embelga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“embelga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “amelga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
García Trabazo, José Virgilio (2016) “Prelatin Toponymy of Asturies: a critical review in a historical-comparative perspective”, in Lletres Asturianes‎, number 115, retrieved 14 June 2018, pages 51-71

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