ucheira

Galician

A Galician traditional kitchen oven

Alternative forms

• oucheira

Etymology

Attested since 1234 (uscheria). From Old Galician-Portuguese, either from Latin ostiārius, from ostium (“door”), or from ustulāria from ustulō (“I scorch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈt͡ʃejɾɐ]

Noun

ucheira f (plural ucheiras)

1. (usually in the plural, architecture) jamb, especially of an oven
2. (by extension, in the plural) stones that conform the oven

Derived terms

• socheira
• Ucheiras

Related terms

• ichó

References

• “uscheria” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ucheira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ucheira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ucheira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.