gamuza

• camuza

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *camocia, from Late Latin camōx, from Gaulish camox, probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”). Doublet of chamuz.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈmuθa/ [ɡaˈmu.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡaˈmusa/ [ɡaˈmu.sa]

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• Rhymes: -uθa
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: ga‧mu‧za

gamuza f (plural gamuzas)

1. chamois (goat-antelope)

   Synonyms: rebeco, sarrio

2. chamois (leather)
3. (piece of) cloth

• → Tagalog: gamusa

• “gamuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28