feluxe

Galician

Alternative forms

• fuluxe
• feluge, fuluge (reintegrationist)

Etymology

15th century. From Vulgar Latin *fūllūginem, from Latin fūlīginem (“soot, lampblack”), attracted by ferruxe (“rust”). Cognate with Portuguese fuligem and Spanish hollín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈluʃe̝/

Noun

feluxe f (plural feluxes)

1. soot
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:

     Jtem. Val para esto a ffelugen et o ssal et o azeite todo amasado ençima posto

     Item. To this end it is useful the soot, salt, and oil, all of them kneaded and applied over it

References

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