fungueiro

Galician

A Galician traditional cart

Alternative forms

• fueiro, fumeiro, fuñeiro

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *fũeiro, from Latin fūnārius (“of or pertaining to a string”), from fūnis (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Cognate of Portuguese fueiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuŋˈɡejɾo̝/

Noun

fungueiro m (plural fungueiros)

1. a vertical rod used to contain either the laterals or the load of a cart

   Synonym: estadullo

Related terms

• refungar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fungueiro”, 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), “fungueiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fungueiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN