chaga

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English

The conk of Inonotus obliquus on a birchtree.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, “mushroom, growth”).

Noun

chaga (uncountable)

  1. A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
  2. The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.

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Galician

Etymology 1

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore, wound”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō, from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Cognate with Portuguese chaga and Spanish llaga.

Pronunciation

Noun

chaga f (plural chagas)

  1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
    Synonym: úlcera
  2. open wound
    Synonym: ferida
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:
      talen aa huña de fora ataa a danadura do crauo que lixo nen podreen nenhũa non posa ficar na chaga por nenhũa gisa
      they shall cut the hoof until the nail injury, so that no dirt or rottenness remain in the wound under no circumstance
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References

  • “chaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “chaga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “chaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “chaga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “chaga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

chaga

  1. inflection of chagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Karao

Noun

chaga

  1. land

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plāga (“injury”). Doublet of praga.

Pronunciation

Noun

chaga f (plural chagas)

  1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
    Synonym: praga

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Descendants

  • Galician: chaga
  • Portuguese: chaga (see there for further descendants)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: cha‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō (“strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *plak-.

Compare Galician chaga, Spanish llaga, French plaie, Italian piaga, Romanian plagă. Doublet of praga.

Noun

chaga f (plural chagas)

  1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
    Synonyms: ferida, úlcera
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Descendants
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcaga

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chaga

  1. inflection of chagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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