camoesa

Galician

Alternative forms

• mazá camoesa

Etymology

Attested since 1473. From the parish of Camos, anciently Camões, + -esa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kamʊˈesɐ]

Noun

camoesa f (plural camoesas)

1. a local and very appreciated variety of apple
   • 1473, M. Romaní Martínez & M. Rodríguez Suárez (2003), Libro tumbo de pergamino. Un códice medieval del monasterio de Oseira. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo, page 62:

     huna çesta de maçaas camoeses ou d'ourantes.

     a basket of apples from Camos or from Ourantes

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “camoeses”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “camoesa”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “camuesa”, 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), “camoesa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mazá camoesa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN