Támega
See also: Tâmega
Galician
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The Támega in Chaves, Portugal
Etymology
A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Tamice. An *-ikos suffixed form, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”); or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tā-[1], *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”).[2] See also Thames.
Cognate with Portuguese Tâmega.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtame̝ɣa̝/
Proper noun
Támega m
- An international river flowing 145 km from the Serra de San Mamede mountain range in Galicia, to the Douro river in Entre-os-Rios, Portugal.
Related terms
- Támagos
- Tamaguelos
- Tamicelas
References
- Kitson, Peter R. (1996), “British and European River Names”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 94, issue 2, DOI:, pages 73–118
- Bascuas, Edelmiro (2006) Hidronimia y léxico de origen paleoeuropeo en Galicia, Sada: Ediciós do Castro, pages 31-33