rodriga

Galician

Etymology 1

13th century. Either from a blend of Latin ridica (“vine-prop”) and rudicula (“spatula”), or from a Germanic compound (the modern form was probably influenced by the name Rodrigo, compare Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks). Compare also Spanish rodrigón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈðɾiɣa̝/

Noun

rodriga f (plural rodrigas)

1. prop

   Synonym: escora

2. vine-prop

   Synonyms: arxón, estaca

   • 1435, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 114:

     et qual quer persona que fose achado que leuase a dita rodriga das viñas alleas, se fose moller, que pagase de pena por cada vez dez mrs e de mays que lle fesesen tomar a rodriga á viña et á poer ena viña, segundo que a tirara, et que a posesen por hum dia ena picota

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Derived terms

• rodrigar

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

rodriga

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