Támega
See also: Tâmega
Galician
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Etymology
[edit]A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Tamice. An *-ikos suffixed form, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”); or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tā-,[1] *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”).[2] See also Thames.
Cognate with Portuguese Tâmega.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Támega m
- an international river flowing 145 km from the Serra de San Mamede mountain range in Galicia, to the Douro river in Entre-os-Rios, Portugal
Related terms
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- Galician terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Galician terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teh₂-
- Galician terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *temh₁-
- Galician terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Galician terms derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia
- Galician terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Rivers