engoumar

Probably from en- (“in”) +‎ a descendant of Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, keep”).^[1] Compare Old Norse geyma (“keep, watch”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “watch”).

• IPA^(key): [eŋɡou̯ˈmaɾ]

engoumar (first-person singular present engoumo, first-person singular preterite engoumei, past participle engoumado)

1. (transitive) to shrink, to cause to bow or cringe
2. (pronominal) to shrink, to cringe

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “engoumar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “engoumar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “engoumar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega