caramuxo

Galician

caramuxos, lapas, mexillóns, and arneiros

Alternative forms

• caramujo (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Unknown; probably from Paleo-Hispanic. Compare Portuguese caramujo and Spanish escaramujo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈmuʃo/ [kɑ.ɾaˈmu.ʃʊ]
• Rhymes: -uʃo
• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧mu‧xo

Noun

caramuxo m (plural caramuxos)

1. (mollusk) periwinkle

   Synonyms: bígaro, caramecha, mincha

References

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