chumazo

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin plūmācium, from Latin plūma (“feather”). Cognate with Portuguese chumaço.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈmaθo̝/, (western) /t͡ʃuˈmaso̝/

Noun

chumazo m (plural chumazos)

1. cushion; pillow

   Synonyms: almofada, coxín

2. bearings that support the axis of the traditional ox cart

Derived terms

• chumaceira

References

• "chumaço" in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chuma”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chumazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN