soga

See also: sóga, söga, and søga

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin sōca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soukā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).

Noun

soga f (plural sogues)

1. rope

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin sōca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soukā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).

Noun

soga f (plural sogues)

1. rope
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 9, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     A la punta de la soga hi havíem afegit un plom, per donar-li pes.

     At the end of the rope we had added a plummet, to give it weight.

Hypernyms

• corda

Derived terms

• sogall
• sogar
• soguejar
• soguer

 

Further reading

• “soga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “soga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

soga

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

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese soga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin sōca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soukā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsoɣɐ]

Noun

soga f (plural sogas)

1. rope, fune

   Synonyms: cabestro, corda

2. strap of leather

   Synonyms: corre, correa, estrobo

3. halter

   Synonyms: cabestro, trenla

4. kelp

   Synonym: golfe

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “soga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “soga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “soga”, 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), “soga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “soga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin sōca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soukā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Hyphenation: só‧ga

Noun

soga f (plural soghe)

1. rope

   Synonyms: corda, fune

Further reading

• soga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• gaso, gasò, sago

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

soga f (definite singular soga, indefinite plural soger or sogor, definite plural sogene or sogone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of soge
2. definite singular of soge

Noun

soga n

1. definite plural of sog

Old Norse

Noun

soga

1. indefinite genitive plural of sog

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin sōca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soukā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).

Compare Portuguese and Asturian soga, Italian soga, French suage, Friulian soe, Romansch suga, Venetan soga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɡa/ [ˈso.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: so‧ga

Noun

soga f (plural sogas)

1. rope

   Synonym: cuerda

   • 1972, “Necesito”, in Vida, performed by Sui Generis:

     Para que me acuerde que voy caminando / Y que cuelgue mi mente de una soga

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. noose

   Synonym: dogal

3. (figuratively) sly or cunning person

Derived terms

• con la soga al cuello
• dar soga
• echar la soga tras el caldero
• estar con la soga al cuello
• hacer soga
• mentar la soga en casa del ahorcado

 

Descendants

• Basque: soka

Further reading

• “soga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

soga

1. banter