quilma

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1485; probably Old Spanish quilma, possibly a Wanderwort.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

quilma f (plural quilmas)

  1. (rare) faggot
    Synonym: feixe
  2. (rare) bag, sack, backpack
    Synonyms: costal, saco
    • 1485, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:
      iten duas rapadas de sal e dous saleyros para el, iten duas quilmas, iten dous baçios pequenos, iten oyto talladores
      item, two bushels of salt and two cellars for it; item, two sacks; item, two small bowls; item, eight trenchers

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “quilma”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos