Galician

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Etymology

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From engoumar, probably from en- (in) ‎ a descendant of Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (to heed, keep).[1] Compare Old Norse geyma (keep, watch), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, watch).

Pronunciation

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Participle

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engoumado (feminine engoumada, masculine plural engoumados, feminine plural engoumadas)

  1. past participle of engoumar

Adjective

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engoumado (feminine engoumada, masculine plural engoumados, feminine plural engoumadas)

  1. worried, saddened
  2. shrunken; bowed
    • 1885, Lisardo Rodríguez Barreiro, Unha visita a Rosalía de Castro:
      dixei o engoumado vello de monteira e calzón de boca de cadela, o americano de ponche e pariaguas cun puño de óso...
      I passed by the shrunken old man of monteira and old fashioned pants; [by] the American with punch and umbrella with bone handle...

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gomia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos