gamuza

Spanish

Alternative forms

• camuza

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *camocia, from Late Latin camōx, from Gaulish camox, probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”). Doublet of chamuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈmuθa/ [ɡaˈmu.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈmusa/ [ɡaˈmu.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -uθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -usa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ga‧mu‧za

Noun

gamuza f (plural gamuzas)

1. chamois (goat-antelope)

   Synonyms: rebeco, sarrio

2. chamois (leather)
3. (piece of) cloth

Descendants

• → Tagalog: gamusa

Further reading

• “gamuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024