/ˈkɔlmo̝/, /ˈkolmo̝/
Orixe13th century. Probably from Latin culmus (“thatch”), although the open stressed vowel found in some regions and the derived term colmea (“beehive”) suggest the influence of Paleo-Hispanic *kŏlmos; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Asturian cuelmu.
- masculinethatch (usually the stalks of rye and wheat)
“que façades a dicta metade da dicta casa de pedra e de madeyra e de giestas e de colmo” — you should build that half house with stone and wood and brooms and thatch
- masculinea sheaf (of straw)
- masculinea thatched roof
- spiky (when referred to the hair)
- first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singularfirst-person singular present indicative of colmar
Formascolmos(plural) · colma(feminine) · colmos(masculine, plural) · colmas(feminine, plural)