ucheira
Galician
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A Galician traditional kitchen oven
Alternative forms
- oucheira
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin ostiārius, from ostium (“door”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈt͡ʃejɾa̝/
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
- Ucheiras
Related terms
- ichó
References
- “ucheira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “ucheira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ucheira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.