chaga
See also: Chaga
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, “mushroom, growth”).
Noun edit
chaga (uncountable)
- A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
- The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.
Synonyms edit
- (Inonotus obliquus): chaga mushroom
Translations edit
fungus
conk
Further reading edit
- Inonotus obliquus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Inonotus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Inonotus obliquus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore, wound”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō, from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Cognate with Portuguese chaga and Spanish llaga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chaga f (plural chagas)
- sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
- Synonym: úlcera
- open wound
- Synonym: ferida
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:
- talen aa huña de fora ataa a danadura do crauo que lixo nen podreen nenhũa non posa ficar na chaga por nenhũa gisa
- they shall cut the hoof until the nail injury, so that no dirt or rottenness remain in the wound under no circumstance
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References edit
- “chaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “chaga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “chaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “chaga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chaga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
chaga
- inflection of chagar:
Karao edit
Noun edit
chaga
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin plāga (“injury”). Doublet of praga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chaga f (plural chagas)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: cha‧ga
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō (“strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *plak-.
Compare Galician chaga, Spanish llaga, French plaie, Italian piaga, Romanian plagă. Doublet of praga.
Noun edit
chaga f (plural chagas)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcaga
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
chaga
- inflection of chagar: