fumaxe

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1298. From Old French fumage. Compare English fumage.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fuˈmaʃɪ]

Noun

fumaxe f (plural fumaxes)

  1. smoking (of food, etc)
  2. (historical, taxation) fumage, hearth tax
    • 1298, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1204:
      don frey Fernando frontou a Maryna Anes et a sua filla que cubrisen huna cassa que tian en o Burgo, et que le pagasen della a fumagen, se non que a darian outre, et ela disso quela non pagaria, que non podia
      brother Don Fernando challenged Mariña Anes and her daughter to cover a house they had in O Burgo, and that they must pay the fumage of it to him, or either he would give it to another; and she said that she wouldn't pay, that she couldn't
    Synonym: fumádego

References
  • “fumage” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “fumaxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “fumaxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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