sabuxo
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
14th century. From Late Latin segusius, having perhaps a toponymical origin.[1] Cognate with Portuguese sabujo, Spanish sabueso, Italian segugio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈβuʃo̝/
Noun
sabuxo m (plural sabuxos)
- hound (dog breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting)
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 393:
- cõmo era moy ardido et vrgulloso et ualẽt, estaua en meo do cãpo cõmo porquo mõtés ontre os sabujos, et liuraua o cãpo en derredor de ssy
- As he was very bold, and haughty, and valiant, he was in the middle of the battlefield as a wild pig among the hounds, and he was cleaning the field around him
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “sabujo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sabujo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sabuxo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sabuxo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “sabuxo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991), “sabueso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos