embelga

• belga (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Leonese inbelga from Celtiberian *ambelika, from Proto-Celtic *ambi- + Proto-Celtic *el- (“to go”) + Proto-Celtic *-ikos. Cognate with Spanish amelga.

• IPA^(key): /emˈbelɡa/ [ẽmˈbel.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -elɡa
• Syllabification: em‧bel‧ga

embelga f (plural embelgues)

1. each strip of terrain in a field

   Synonym: estaya

2. (by extension) the time it takes to sow or till each strip
3. (archaic) barren plain on a mountain

• “embelga”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “embelga”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

From Paleo-Hispanic *ambelika, from Proto-Celtic *ambi- + Proto-Celtic *el- (“to go”) + Proto-Celtic *-ikos. Cognate with Spanish amelga.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /emˈbɛlɣa̝/

embelga f (plural embelgas)

1. each strip of terrain that is marked in a field before sowing it

   Synonyms: peada, treita

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “embelga”, 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), “embelga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “embelga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN