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Probably from cala (“cove”).
caluga f (plural calugues)
- thinlip mullet
- Synonyms: cap-pla, llissa capplà
- leaping mullet
- Synonyms: llissa agut, llissa fusany
- boxlip mullet
- Synonym: llissa morruda
- “caluga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Unknown. Probably from substrate language.
caluga f (plural calugas)
- nape; back of the head
1838, Florencio Pol, Espello de deputados:
pois penso que desvarías
desd'a caluja hastr'os pés- then I think that you are delusional
from top to toe
- then I think that you are delusional
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caluga”, 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), “caluga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caluga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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caluga f (plural calugas) (Chile)
- “caluga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014