engoumado

Galician

Etymology

From engoumar, probably from en- (“in”) +‎ a descendant of Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, keep”). Compare Old Norse geyma (“keep, watch”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “watch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eŋɡou̯ˈmaðʊ]

Participle

engoumado (feminine engoumada, masculine plural engoumados, feminine plural engoumadas)

1. past participle of engoumar

Adjective

engoumado (feminine engoumada, masculine plural engoumados, feminine plural engoumadas)

1. worried, saddened
2. shrunken; bowed
   • 1885, Lisardo Rodríguez Barreiro, Unha visita a Rosalía de Castro:

     dixei o engoumado vello de monteira e calzón de boca de cadela, o americano de ponche e pariaguas cun puño de óso...

     I passed by the shrunken old man of monteira and old fashioned pants; [by] the American with punch and umbrella with bone handle...

References

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