Inherited fromOld Galician-Portugueseillarga (14th century). FromVulgar Latin*iliarica, fromLatinīlia, plural ofīle(“guts, intestines”). Cognate withPortugueseilharga.
illarga f (pluralillargas)
- (anatomy)flank(flesh between the last rib and the hip)
- Synonyms:illar,vao,vougo
- (by extension)side
- Synonym:lado
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “illarga”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “illarga”, inDicionario 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), “illarga”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “illarga”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN
