valume

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Catalan volum (“volume”), from Latin volumen.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈlume̝/

Noun

valume m (plural valumes)

dead brushwood used for littering, and later as a fertilizer
Synonyms: estrume, mulime
dead seaweeds used as a fertilizer
Synonym: argazo
hay
volume, bulk

References

“balume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“valume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“valume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. baluma.

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