melga

Inherited from Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica (“Median”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɛl.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈmel.ɣa]

melga f (plural melgues)

1. alfalfa

   Synonyms: alfals, userda

• melgó

• “melga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin merga (“two-pronged fork”), because of its two characteristic spines.[1] Cognate with Spanish mielga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlɣa̝/

melga f (plural melgas)

1. spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

• melgacho

Attested since the 15th century. From Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica, from Mēdia.[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlɣa̝/

melga f (plural melgas)

1. spelt
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 61:

     deue o potro comer feo, palla, herua, orio, auea, espelqa, que quer dizer melga, et as qousas semellauelles a esto

     the foal must eat hay, straw, grass, barley, oats, spelt, that is melga, and things such like these

2. flake
3. fog

• “melga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “melga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “melga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “melga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• Rhymes: -ɛlɡɐ, -ɛwɡɐ
• Hyphenation: bel‧ga

Unknown.[1][2]

melga f (plural melgas)

1. common mosquito
2. (Portugal) an annoying person for their speech or constant presence

• melgar

melga

1. inflection of melgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈmelɡa/ [ˈmel.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -elɡa
• Syllabification: mel‧ga

Uncertain.

melga f (plural melgas)

1. strip of land marked for sowing seeds

melga f

1. feminine singular of melgo

melga

1. inflection of melgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “melga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014