gamón
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Probably from a substrate language. Possibly related to Proto-Brythonic *gwɨmon, from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā, and this possibly from a non-IE substrate language or from Proto-Indo-European *weyb- (“to wind around”). Cognate with Portuguese gamão, Spanish gamón and Catalan gamó.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gamón m (plural gamóns)
- branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)
- white asphodel (Asphodelus albus)
- twig of any of said plants, used in the past as light source
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “gamón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “gamón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “gamón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Probably from a substrate language. Possibly related to Proto-Brythonic *gwɨmon, from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā, and this possibly from a non-IE substrate language or from Proto-Indo-European *weyb- (“to wind around”). Cognate with Portuguese gamão, Galician gamón and Catalan gamó.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gamón m (plural gamones)
Further reading
[edit]- “gamón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/on
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