chaga

English

The conk of Inonotus obliquus on a birchtree.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága).

Noun

chaga (uncountable)

1. A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
2. The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.

Synonyms

• (Inonotus obliquus): chaga mushroom

Translations

fungus

• Finnish: pakurikääpä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: ча́га (ru) f (čága)

conk

• Finnish: pakuri
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Further reading

• Inonotus obliquus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inonotus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Inonotus obliquus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• gacha

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Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore, wound”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō, from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Cognate with Portuguese chaga and Spanish llaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɣa̝/

Noun

chaga f (plural chagas)

1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

   Synonym: úlcera

2. open wound
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:

     talen aa huña de fora ataa a danadura do crauo que lixo nen podreen nenhũa non posa ficar na chaga por nenhũa gisa

     they shall cut the hoof until the nail injury, so that no dirt or rottenness remain in the wound under no circumstance

   Synonym: ferida

Related terms

• praga
• chagar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chaga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chaga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chaga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chaga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chaga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Karao

Noun

chaga

1. land

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō (“strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Compare Galician chaga, Spanish llaga, French plaie, Italian piaga, Romanian plagă. Doublet of the borrowing praga.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ɡa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ɡɐ/ [ˈʃa.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ɡɐ/ [ˈʃa.ɣɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.ɡɐ/ [ˈt͡ʃa.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: cha‧ga

Noun

chaga f (plural chagas)

1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

   Synonyms: ferida, úlcera

Related terms

• praga
• chagado, chagar, chaguento