cugula

Catalan

Etymology

From cugul (“bud, shoot”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈɣu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kuˈɣu.la]

Noun

cugula f (plural cugules)

1. wild oats

Related terms

• cucut

Further reading

• “cugula”, 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
• “cugula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cugula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cugula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cogula (“cowl”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cuculla (“cowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuˈɣulɐ]

Noun

cugula f (plural cugulas)

1. cowl
2. wild oats

   Synonyms: avea, avea louca

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cogula”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cugula”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega