temón

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

13th century. From Latin tēmō (“pole, beam”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /teˈmoŋ/

Noun

temón m (plural temóns)

  1. shaft, beam, pole (of a cart, or of a plough)
    • 1474, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 74:
      Iten, preçaron duas grades e hun chedeiro e dous temoos de cerna, a parte dos menores em quorenta :XL -? maravedis
      Item, they appraised two grates, a cart's bed and two shafts of heartwood, the part corresponding to the kids, 40 coins
    Synonyms: lata, panca
  2. (nautical) helm
  3. (nautical) rudder
    Synonym: leme
  4. (figuratively) helm

Derived terms
  • atimoar
  • timoeiro

References
  • “temon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “temoos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “temon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “temón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “temón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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