parruma

Galician

Alternative forms

• parroma, parromo, parrume

Etymology

From an older *parrua or *parrũa (compare the derived term parroeira / parrugueira / parromeira). Further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈruma/ [paˈru.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Hyphenation: pa‧rru‧ma

Noun

parruma f (plural parrumas)

1. soot; ash

   Synonym: feluxe

   • 1911, F. Potel Pardal, Costumes da Terra, page 52:

     Agardan xa na Pont'a Valga os rapaces polas mozas; uns con naranxas na man cheas de parromo do forno, outros con fariña triga, da que as nais tiñan gardada pra facer filloas, metida no peto e con xiringas feitas dun cacho de cana i un pau con estopa na punta os máis deles.

     The boys awaits for the girls at the bridge over the Valga river: some of them with oranges in hand, full of ashes of the oven; others with wheat flour -of the one that the mothers had for making crepes- in the pocket; and most of them with squirt guns made with a piece of cane and a twig with tow at its tip

2. smoke

   Synonym: fume

3. (by extension) fog; drizzle, haze

   Synonyms: brétema, orballo, froallo, poalla

Derived terms

• parrumeiro
• parrumeira

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parruma”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “parrume”, 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), “parruma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega