chaga

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága).

Noun

chaga (uncountable)

1. A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
2. The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.

Further reading

• Inonotus obliquus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inonotus obliquus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Inonotus obliquus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology

13th century. From Old Portuguese chaga (“sore, wound”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō, from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Cognate with Spanish llaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɣa̝/

Noun

chaga f (plural chagas)

1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

   Synonym: úlcera

2. open wound

   Synonym: ferida

References

• “chaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “chaga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “chaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “chaga” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “chaga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese chaga (“sore”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō (“strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Compare Galician chaga, Spanish llaga, French plaie, Italian piaga, Romanian plagă. Doublet of the borrowing praga.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ɣɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ɡɐ/

Noun

chaga f (plural chagas)

1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)