escolmar

From es- (“ex-”) +‎ colmo (“thatch”).

• IPA^(key): /eskolˈmaɾ/

escolmar (first-person singular present escolmo, first-person singular preterite escolmei, past participle escolmado)

1. to select and clean the good quality thatch
2. (figuratively, literary) to select

   Synonyms: escoller, seleccionar

• colmo
• escolma

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escolmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escolmar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escolmar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escolmar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escolmar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN