saloucar

Galician

Alternative forms

• salucar, solouzar, zaloucar, zalucar, zaluzar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese ("chorando a saluçadas", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); from salouco (“sob; hiccup”) +‎ -ar, from Vulgar Latin suggluttium, from singultus, under the influence of choricar (“to whimper”). Cognate with Portuguese soluçar, Spanish sollozar.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /salowˈkaɾ/

Verb

1. to hiccup

   Synonym: impar

2. to sob

   Synonyms: choricar, nifrar, sotelar

Relates terms

• salouco

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “saluçada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “saloucar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.