ámago

Galician

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps from Vulgar Latin *amidum, from amylum (“starch”). Cognate with Portuguese âmago and Spanish hámago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈama̝ɣo̝/

Noun

ámago m (plural ámagos)

1. elderberry marrow

   Synonyms: arro, médula, sámago

2. marrow or live bone under a horn or a hoof

   Synonyms: cebullo, sabugo, sámago, moguelo

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 149:

     fazese hũa espeçya dencrauadura que dana en fondo de dentro o tuello que chaman amago

     [the horses] can made a piercing that injures inside from the bottom the soft part called marrow

3. sapwood
4. lumps of pollen inside a beehive
5. (figurative) pith

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “amago”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ámago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ámago”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ámago”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN