| Back | "Albogues," said Don Quixote, "are brass plates like candlesticks that struck against one another on the hollow side make a noise which, if not very pleasing or harmonious, is not disagreeable and accords very well with the rude notes of the bagpipe and tabor. The word albogue is Morisco, as are all those in our Spanish tongue that begin with al; for example, almohaza, almorzar, alhombra, alguacil, alhucema, almacen, alcancia, and others of the same sort, of which there are not many more; our language has only three that are Morisco and end in i, which are borcegui, zaquizami, and maravedi. |
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| Front | -Albogues son -respondió don Quijote- unas chapas a modo de candeleros de azófar, que, dando una con otra por lo vacío y hueco, hace un son, si no muy agradable ni armónico, no descontenta, y viene bien con la rusticidad de la gaita y del tamborín; y este nombre albogues es morisco, como lo son todos aquellos que en nuestra lengua castellana comienzan en al, conviene a saber: almohaza, almorzar, alhombra, alguacil, alhucema, almacén, alcancía, y otros semejantes, que deben ser pocos más; y solos tres tiene nuestra lengua que son moriscos y acaban en i, y son: borceguí, zaquizamí y maravedí. |
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