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chaga

See also: Chaga

English

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The conk of Inonotus obliquus on a birchtree.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, “mushroom, growth”).

Noun

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chaga (uncountable)

  1. A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
  2. The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore, wound”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō, from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Cognate with Portuguese chaga and Spanish llaga.

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Noun

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chaga f (plural chagas)

  1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
    Synonym: úlcera
  2. open wound
    Synonym: ferida
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:
      talen aa huña de fora ataa a danadura do crauo que lixo nen podreen nenhũa non posa ficar na chaga por nenhũa gisa
      they shall cut the hoof until the nail injury, so that no dirt or rottenness remain in the wound under no circumstance
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References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chaga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chaga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “chaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “chaga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “chaga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Verb

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chaga

  1. inflection of chagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Karao

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Noun

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chaga

  1. land

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin plāga (“injury”). Doublet of praga.

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Noun

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chaga f (plural chagas)

  1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
    Synonym: praga
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Descendants

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  • Galician: chaga
  • Portuguese: chaga (see there for further descendants)

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Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: cha‧ga

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō (“strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *plak-.

Compare Galician chaga, Spanish llaga, French plaie, Italian piaga, Romanian plagă. Doublet of praga.

Noun

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chaga f (plural chagas)

  1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
    Synonyms: ferida, úlcera
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Descendants
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  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcaga

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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chaga

  1. inflection of chagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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