tempas

Galician

Etymology

From a derivative of Latin tempus, tempora, cf. the Vulgar Latin *temp(u)la.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɛmpɐs̻/

Noun

tempas f (invariable)

1. (anatomy) temple (part of body)
2. head (each of the two round endcaps of a wooden cask)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tempas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega