estrume

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], equivalent to estro +‎ -ume, from estrar, from estrado, from Latin strātum. Related to English strew. Alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *strumen, from Latin strāmen, related to sternō and strātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾume̝/

Noun

estrume m (plural estrumes)

1. (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals

   Synonyms: batume, esquilmo, louza, mulime, valume

2. (uncountable) Discarded mixture of litter and manure, used as fertilizer

   Synonym: esterco

Related terms

• estrar
• estrumar
• estrumeira

References

• “estrume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “estrume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “estrume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾũ.mi/, /esˈtɾũ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾũ.mi/, /esˈtɾũ.mi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɾũ.mi/, /eʃˈtɾũ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾu.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɾu.mɨ/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin strumen, alteration of Latin strāmen (“straw for bedding”). Compare Galician estrume.

Noun

estrume m (uncountable)

1. manure (excrement used as fertiliser)

   Synonym: esterco

   Hypernyms: adubo, dejeção, dejeto, excremento, fertilizante, fezes

   • 1959, Cristovam Pavia, “Requiem”, in 35 Poemas:

     O estrume da égua morta quando eu tinha seis anos / Gira transparente nesta brisa fria…

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• estrumação
• estrumada
• estrumar
• estrumeira
• estrumoso

Etymology 2

Verb

estrume

1. inflection of estrumar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative