alumear
See also: alumẽar
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
edit13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese alumẽar, from Early Medieval Latin allūmināre. Compare Portuguese alumiar, Spanish alumbrar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editalumear (first-person singular present alumeo, first-person singular preterite alumeei, past participle alumeado)
alumear (first-person singular present alumeio, first-person singular preterite alumeei, past participle alumeado, reintegrationist norm)
- (transitive) to illuminate, enlighten
- 1697, José Gil Taboada, Grande loita de luceiros:
- Grande loyta de Luceyros
Ay na terra do patron
Santo, que fillo do Trono
Nas guerras sempre atronòu.
Cinco Luceyros no'menos
S'opòn à vn Luceyro sò:
Cinco à vn, è ser Galegos?
No'mo dà ò corazon.
E que loytan sobre quen
A quen mais alomeou.
Vn contra cinco? Este si
Que é Galego de naçon.- A large dispute of luminaries
happens at the land of the patron
Saint, who, son of thunder
In the wars always stormed [=Saint James].
Five luminaries, no less,
Oppose one luminary alone:
Five to one, being Galicians?
I don't think so.
And they are fighting on who
enlightened more to whom.
One to five? This one certainly is
Galician by nation
- A large dispute of luminaries
- (transitive) to clarify
- (transitive) to shed light on
- (intransitive) to light
- (intransitive) to be perceptible
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to receive or use the light [with con ‘of something’]
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of alumear
Reintegrated conjugation of alumear (e may become ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alumear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alumear”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alumear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “alumear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alumear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alumear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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