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The conk of Inonotus obliquus on a birchtree.

Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, mushroom, growth).

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.

fungus

conk

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

chaga f (plural chagas)

  1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
    Synonym: úlcera
  2. open wound
    Synonym: ferida
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:

      talen aa huña de fora ataa a danadura do crauo que lixo nen podreen nenhũa non posa ficar na chaga por nenhũa gisa

      they shall cut the hoof until the nail injury, so that no dirt or rottenness remain in the wound under no circumstance

chaga

  1. inflection of chagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

chaga

  1. land

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Inherited from Latin plāga (injury). Doublet of praga.

chaga f (plural chagas)

  1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
    Synonym: praga
  • Galician: chaga
  • Portuguese: chaga (see there for further descendants)
  • Hyphenation: cha‧ga

Inherited from Old Galician-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 praga.

chaga f (plural chagas)

  1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
    Synonyms: ferida, úlcera
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcaga

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

chaga

  1. inflection of chagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative