cumieira

Galician

Etymology

From cume +‎ -eira, from Latin culmen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. Cognate with Portuguese cumeeira and Spanish cumbrera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈmjejɾa̝̝/

Noun

cumieira f (plural cumieiras)

1. ridge; ridge beam

   Synonym: cumial

Related terms

• cume
• cumio

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cumieira”, 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), “cumieira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cumieira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN