galga

galga

1. brake

Back-formation from galgar (“to gauge”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalɣa̝/

galga f (plural galgas)

1. (anatomy) arch of the foot or of a shoe
   1. (by extension) each one of the two semicircular spans of a traditional wheel
2. flat stone used as a brick

• galguear
• galgueiro

• galgar

Debated. Perhaps form galgo (“greyhound”), from Latin canem gallicum (“Gaulish dog”). Alternatively or concurrently from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (galga, “stake, pole”),[1] or any other descendant from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), or from a cognate of Old French gall (“stone”) (compare French galet), perhaps of Celtic origin.

Cognate with Spanish galga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalɣa̝/

galga f (plural galgas)

1. rolling stone; any individual rock that rolls or is rolled down a hill, historically used as a weapon
   1. (figurative) cold gale
2. stake which in traditional carts was used as a brake or restrain when descending
3. (sports, traditional bowls) when the ball misses all the pins

• galgo (“greyhound”)
• galocha (“clog”)
• galgueiro

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

galga

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰

• kalka (1898: Richard Phillips, ‘Vocabulary of Australian Aborigines in the neighbourhood of Cooktown, North Queensland’. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 27)

From Proto-Paman *kalka, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kalka.

• IPA^(key): /ɡalɡa/

galga

1. spear

• gandul (avoidance language)

• banydyarr
• digarra
• murranggal
• yinba

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

• Hyphenation: gal‧ga
• Rhymes: -alɡɐ, -awɡɐ

galga

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

galga f (plural galgas)

1. greyhound

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