camouco

From Medieval Latin calamaucum, a cap, originally made in camel hide, used in the Middle Ages by bishops and the Pope, from Ancient Greek καμελάυκιον (kameláukion), from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmowko̝/

camouco m (plural camoucos)

1. a partially emerged rock; reef

   Synonym: cón

camouco (feminine camouca, masculine plural camoucos, feminine plural camoucas)

1. (figurative) stubborn; unsociable
2. hasty

• Camouco
• Caamouco

• “caamou” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “camouco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “camouco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.