valume

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Catalan volum (“volume”), from Latin volumen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlume̝/

Noun

valume m (plural valumes)

1. dead brushwood used for littering, and later as a fertilizer

   Synonyms: estrume, mulime

2. dead seaweeds used as a fertilizer

   Synonym: argazo

3. hay
4. volume, bulk

References

• “balume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “valume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “valume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.