sabuxo

14th century. From Late Latin segusius, having perhaps a toponymical origin.[1] Cognate with Portuguese sabujo, Spanish sabueso, Italian segugio.

• IPA^(key): /saˈβuʃo̝/

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

• “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.