ucheira
Galician
Alternative forms
- oucheira
Etymology
Attested since 1234 (uscheria). From Old Galician-Portuguese, either from Latin ostiārius, from ostium (“door”), or from ustulāria from ustulō (“I scorch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [uˈt͡ʃejɾɐ]
Noun
ucheira f (plural ucheiras)
- (usually in the plural, architecture) jamb, especially of an oven
- (by extension, in the plural) stones that conform the oven
Derived terms
- socheira
- Ucheiras
Related terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “uscheria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ucheira”, 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), “ucheira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ucheira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN