gamuza
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *camocia, from Late Latin camōx, from Gaulish camox, probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”). Doublet of chamuz.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈmuθa/ [ɡaˈmu.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ɡaˈmusa/ [ɡaˈmu.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -uθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -usa
- Syllabification: ga‧mu‧za
Noun edit
gamuza f (plural gamuzas)
Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: gamusa
Further reading edit
- “gamuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014