llerga

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ligula.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʎɛɾɣɐ]

Noun

llerga f (plural llergas)

  1. kind of spoon knife or scorp; a carving curved tool used in woodworking
  2. curette

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “legra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos