cabaza

Galician

Cabazas (cured gourds used as containers)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cabaaça, from an earlier *calabaça, probably from *calapaccia. Cognate with Portuguese cabaça, Spanish calabaza and Catalan carabassa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈβaθa̝/, (western) /kaˈβasa̝/

Noun

cabaza f (plural cabazas)

1. pumpkin, squash, gourd
2. cured gourd used traditionally in Galicia as a container for liquids

Related terms

• cabaceira
• cabaceiro
• cabaciña
• cabazo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabaç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabaaç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “cabaza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.