papuxas

Galician

Etymology

15th century. Papa (“pap, porridge”) +‎ -uxa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈpuʃa̝s/

Noun

papuxas f pl

  1. (archaic) pap; poultice
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 147:
      ponlle papuxas de farellos coytas en vinagre et con pouco de seuo
      apply a poultice of bran boiled in vinegar, with some tallow

References
  • “papuxas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “papuxas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “papuxas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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