camouco

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin calamaucum, a cap, originally made in camel hide, used in the Middle Ages by bishops and the Pope, from Ancient Greek καμελάυκιον (kameláukion), from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmowko̝/

Noun

camouco m (plural camoucos)

1. a partially emerged rock; reef

   Synonym: cón

Adjective

camouco (feminine camouca, masculine plural camoucos, feminine plural camoucas)

1. (figurative) stubborn; unsociable
2. hasty

Related terms

• Camouco
• Caamouco

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caamou”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “camouco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “camouco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN