salouco

Galician

Etymology 1

From the verb saloucar, which was influenced by choricar (cf. the variant form solouzar), or from Vulgar Latin sugglutium, ultimately from Latin singultus.

Alternative forms

• saluco, zaluco

Noun

salouco m (plural saloucos)

1. hiccup

   Synonyms: impo, sotelo

2. sob

   Synonym: impo

Related terms

• saloucar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “salouco”, 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), “salouco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “salouco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

salouco

1. first-person singular present indicative of saloucar