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

References

  • uscheria” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • ucheira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • ucheira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • ucheira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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