gamón

See also: gamon, Gamon, gamoń, and Gamoń

Galician

White asphodel

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language. Possibly related to Proto-Brythonic *gwɨmon, from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā, and this possibly from a non-IE substrate language or from Proto-Indo-European *weyb- (“to wind around”). Cognate with Portuguese gamão, Spanish gamón and Catalan gamó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa.ˈmoŋ]

Noun

gamón m (plural gamóns)

1. branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)
2. white asphodel (Asphodelus albus)

   Synonyms: abrótea, agucio, gamota

3. twig of any of said plants, used in the past as light source

   Synonyms: gabizo, ganzo

Derived terms

• gamoal

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language. Possibly related to Proto-Brythonic *gwɨmon, from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā, and this possibly from a non-IE substrate language or from Proto-Indo-European *weyb- (“to wind around”). Cognate with Portuguese gamão, Galician gamón and Catalan gamó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈmon/ [ɡaˈmõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ga‧món

Noun

gamón m (plural gamones)

1. asphodel

Further reading

• “gamón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014