melga

Inherited from Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica (“Median”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɛl.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmel.ɣa]

melga f (plural melgues)

1. alfalfa

   Synonyms: alfals, userda

• melgó

• “melga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin merga (“two-pronged fork”), because of its two characteristic spines.^[1] Cognate with Spanish mielga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlɣa̝/

melga f (plural melgas)

1. spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

• melgacho

Attested since the 15th century. From Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica, from Mēdia.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlɣa̝/

melga f (plural melgas)

1. spelt
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 61:

     deue o potro comer feo, palla, herua, orio, auea, espelqa, que quer dizer melga, et as qousas semellauelles a esto

     the foal must eat hay, straw, grass, barley, oats, spelt, that is melga, and things such like these

2. flake
3. fog

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “melga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “melga”, 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), “melga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “melga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛlɡɐ, (Brazil) -ɛwɡɐ
• Hyphenation: mel‧ga

Unknown.^[1][2]

melga f (plural melgas)

1. mosquito

   Synonym: mosquito

2. crane fly (fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha)

   Synonyms: mosquito-tira-olhos, tira-olhos

3. (Portugal) an annoying person for their speech or constant presence

• melgar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

melga

1. inflection of melgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈmelɡa/ [ˈmel.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -elɡa
• Syllabification: mel‧ga

Uncertain.

melga f (plural melgas)

1. strip of land marked for sowing seeds

melga f

1. feminine singular of melgo

melga

1. inflection of melgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “melga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024