papuxas

Galician

Etymology

15th century. Papa (“pap, porridge”) +‎ -uxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpuʃa̝s/

Noun

papuxas f pl (plural only)

1. (archaic) pap; poultice
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 147:

     ponlle papuxas de farellos coytas en vinagre et con pouco de seuo

     apply a poultice of bran boiled in vinegar, with some tallow

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “papuxas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “papuxas”, 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), “papuxas”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega