chaga
English
Noun
chaga (uncountable)
- A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
- The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.
Synonyms
- (Inonotus obliquus): chaga mushroom
Further reading
Inonotus obliquus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Inonotus obliquus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Inonotus obliquus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Galician
Etymology
13th century. From Old Portuguese chaga (“sore, wound”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō, from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Cognate with Spanish llaga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɣa̝/
Noun
chaga f (plural chagas)
- sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
- Synonym: úlcera
- open wound
- Synonym: ferida
Related terms
- praga
- chagar
References
- “chaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “chaga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “chaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “chaga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chaga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese chaga (“sore”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō (“strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Compare Galician chaga, Spanish llaga, French plaie, Italian piaga, Romanian plagă. Doublet of the borrowing praga.
Related terms
- praga
- chagado, chagar, chaguento
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