celme

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Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

celme

  1. first-person plural imperative of celit

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin sedĭmen (sediment).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɛlme̝/, (western) /ˈsɛlme̝/

Noun[edit]

celme m (plural celmes)

  1. essence; substance; taste
    • 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 Gallegos rústicos:
      Jesus! Peruchiño, que conto tan cheo, de cousas sen zelme e mais d'arrodeos!
      Jesus! Peruchiño: what a tale, so full of substanceless things and detours!

References[edit]

  • celme” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • celme” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “zumo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos