curmán

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese coirmão, from Latin co- (“with”) +‎ germanus (“brother”), from Latin germanus which originated Galician irmán (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈmãŋ/
• (Central and Eastern Galician) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈmaʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: cur‧mán

Noun

curmán m (plural curmáns, feminine curmá, feminine plural curmás)

1. cousin

   Synonyms: curmán carnal, primo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “coirmão”, 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), “curmán”, 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), “curmán”, 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), “curmán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “curmán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN