gume

Attested since circa 1390. From Latin acūmen (“sharpened point”), from acus (“a needle, a pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡume̝/

gume m (plural gumes)

1. edge (thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument)
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:

     Et tragia aynda hũa sua espada que era moy fremosa et moy forte d'agume, et moy clara et moy luzente, et auia nome Durandas

     And he also brought a sword that was very beauty and very strong in its edge, and very clear and very shining, and it had by name Durandal

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “agume”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “agume”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gume”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gume”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gume”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

gume

1. husband of elder sister

• gumetang (formal)
• gumegipa (formal)

gume

1. alternative form of gome (“man”)

gume

1. alternative form of gome (“gum”)

gume

1. alternative form of gumme

From Latin acūmen (“sharpened point”), from acus (“a needle, a pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

gume m (plural gumes)

1. edge (thin cutting side of a blade)

   Synonyms: corte, fio, releixo

2. acumen; acuteness (preciseness of perception)

   Synonyms: acume, agudeza, perspicácia

• afiado
• agudo
• lâmina

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡume]

gume f pl

1. inflection of gumă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular