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

• “amago” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ámago” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ámago” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ámago” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.