fumaxe

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1298. From Old French fumage. Compare English fumage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fuˈmaʃɪ]

Noun

fumaxe f (plural fumaxes)

1. smoking (of food, etc)
2. (historical, taxation) fumage, hearth tax
   • 1298, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1204:

     don frey Fernando frontou a Maryna Anes et a sua filla que cubrisen huna cassa que tian en o Burgo, et que le pagasen della a fumagen, se non que a darian outre, et ela disso quela non pagaria, que non podia

     brother Don Fernando challenged Mariña Anes and her daughter to cover a house they had in O Burgo, and that they must pay the fumage of it to him, or either he would give it to another; and she said that she wouldn't pay, that she couldn't

   Synonym: fumádego

Related terms

• fume

 

References

• “fumage” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fumaxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fumaxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.