chumazo

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin plūmācium, from Latin plūma (“feather”). Cognate with Portuguese chumaço.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈmaθo̝/, (western) /t͡ʃuˈmaso̝/

Noun

chumazo m (plural chumazos)

  1. cushion; pillow
    Synonyms: almofada, coxín
  2. bearings that support the axis of the traditional ox cart

Derived terms

References
  • "chumaço" in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “chuma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “chumazo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “chumazo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “chumazo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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