feluxe

Galician

Alternative forms

• fuluxe
• feluge, fuluge (reintegrationist)

Etymology

15th century. From Vulgar Latin *fūllūginem, from Latin fūlīginem (“soot, lampblack”), attracted by ferruxe (“rust”). Cognate with Portuguese fuligem and Spanish hollín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈluʃe̝/

Noun

feluxe f (plural feluxes)

1. soot
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:

     Jtem. Val para esto a ffelugen et o ssal et o azeite todo amasado ençima posto

     Item. To this end it is useful the soot, salt, and oil, all of them kneaded and applied over it

References

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