engoumado
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From engoumar, probably from en- (“in”) + a descendant of Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, keep”).[1] Compare Old Norse geyma (“keep, watch”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “watch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
engoumado (feminine engoumada, masculine plural engoumados, feminine plural engoumadas)
Adjective[edit]
engoumado (feminine engoumada, masculine plural engoumados, feminine plural engoumadas)
- worried, saddened
- shrunken; bowed
- 1885, Lisardo Rodríguez Barreiro, Unha visita a Rosalía de Castro:
- dixei o engoumado vello de monteira e calzón de boca de cadela, o americano de ponche e pariaguas cun puño de óso...
- I passed by the shrunken old man of monteira and old fashioned pants; [by] the American with punch and umbrella with bone handle...
References[edit]
- “engoumado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “engoumado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “engoumado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “gomia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos