celme

See also: čelme

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛlmɛ]

Verb

celme

  1. first-person plural imperative of celit

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin sedĭmen (“sediment”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθɛlme̝/, (western) /ˈsɛlme̝/

Noun

celme m (plural celmes)

  1. essence; substance; taste
    • 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 Gallegos rústicos:
      Jesus! Peruchiño, que conto tan cheo, de cousas sen zelme e mais d'arrodeos!
      Jesus! Peruchiño: what a tale, so full of substanceless things and detours!

References
  • “celme” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “celme” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “zumo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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