curmán

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese coirmão, from Latin co- (“with”) +‎ germanus (“brother”), from Latin germanus which originated Galician irmán (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈmãŋ/
• (Central and Eastern Galician) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈmaʊ̯/

Noun

curmán m (plural curmáns, feminine curmá, feminine plural curmás)

1. cousin

   Synonyms: curmán carnal, primo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coirmão”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “curm”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “curmán”, 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), “curmán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “curmán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN