camouco

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin calamaucum, a cap, originally made in camel hide, used in the Middle Ages by bishops and the Pope, from Ancient Greek καμελάυκιον (kameláukion), from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmowko̝/

Noun

camouco m (plural camoucos)

1. a partially emerged rock; reef

   Synonym: cón

Adjective

camouco (feminine camouca, masculine plural camoucos, feminine plural camoucas)

1. (figurative) stubborn; unsociable
2. hasty

Related terms

• Camouco
• Caamouco

References

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