ucheira

Galician

A Galician traditional kitchen oven

Alternative forms

• oucheira

Etymology

Attested since 1234 (uscheria). From Old Galician-Portuguese, either from Latin ostiārius, from ostium (“door”), or from ustulāria from ustulō (“I scorch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈt͡ʃejɾɐ]

Noun

ucheira f (plural ucheiras)

1. (usually in the plural, architecture) jamb, especially of an oven
2. (by extension, in the plural) stones that conform the oven

Derived terms

• socheira
• Ucheiras

Related terms

• ichó

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “uscheria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ucheira”, 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), “ucheira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ucheira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN