valume

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin volumen, compare borrowing volume.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlume/ [baˈlu.me]
  • Rhymes: -ume
  • Syllabification: va‧lu‧me

Noun

valume m (plural valumes)

  1. volume, bulk
  2. excessive amount (of something)
  • valumbu
  • valumba
  • avalumar
  • avalumáu
  • envalumar

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Catalan volum (volume), from Latin volumen.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlume̝/

Noun

valume m (plural valumes)

  1. dead brushwood used for littering, and later as a fertilizer
    Synonyms: estrume, mulime
  2. dead seaweeds used as a fertilizer
    Synonym: argazo
  3. hay
  4. volume, bulk

References

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