sabuxo

Galician

Sabuxo

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)

  1. hound (dog breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting)
    1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), 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

  • sabujo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • sabujo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • sabuxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • sabuxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. sabueso.
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