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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese , equivalent to estro + -ume, from estrar, from estrado, from Latin strātum.[1] Related to English strew. Alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *strumen, from Latin strāmen, related to sternō and strātum.
Pronunciation
Noun
estrume m (plural estrumes)
- (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals
- Synonyms: batume, esquilmo, louza, mulime, valume
- (uncountable) Discarded mixture of litter and manure, used as fertilizer
- Synonym: esterco
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estrume”, 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), “estrume”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estrume”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Vulgar Latin strumen, alteration of Latin strāmen (“straw for bedding”). Compare Galician estrume.
Noun
estrume m (uncountable)
- manure (excrement used as fertiliser)
- Synonym: esterco
- Hypernyms: adubo, dejeção, dejeto, excremento, fertilizante, fezes
1959, Cristovam Pavia, “Requiem”, in 35 Poemas:O estrume da égua morta quando eu tinha seis anos / Gira transparente nesta brisa fria…- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
estrume
- inflection of estrumar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative