tumbagan.

Brit.

/tʊmˈbɑːɡə/, U.S.

/tumˈbɑɡə/

Forms: 1800s– tumbaga, 1800s– tumbago.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish tumbaga.

Etymology: < Spanish tumbaga copper alloy imported from South East Asia (1737 or earlier; also alloy of gold, silver, and copper (1748 or earlier), any metal (1884)), probably ultimately < Malay tembaga , tambaga copper alloy (see tombac n.).The immediate etymon of the Spanish form is uncertain, and the vowel of the first syllable is unexplained. Compare Portuguese tumbaque alloy of copper and zinc, also alloy of gold and silver (1836). With reference to the alloy used in South East Asia, compare post-classical Latin tumbaga (1699 or earlier) and also the following (apparently isolated) earlier borrowing of Italian †tumbaga (1699 in the passage translated):1704 tr. G. F. Gemelli Careri Voy. round World iii. v, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. IV. 385/2 Certain rings of Tumbaga [It. Tumbaga], worn by the Portugueses of Macao;..the Spaniards value these Rings, and buy them very dear. This Tumbaga is made of many Metals run together.

Any of various alloys of copper and gold used for jewellery and ornamental objects in Central and South America. Cf. tombac n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other copper alloys

tombac1602

blanched copper1621

orichalcum1646

cock metal1766

gold bronze1785

bidri1794

tumbaga1860

Aich's metal1861

sterro-metal1865

talmi1868

Abyssinian gold1869

delta-metal1883

Tobin bronze1891

manganin1894

Eureka1914

1860 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 46 About 400 lbs. weight of these gold objects had been found [in Chiriqui, Panama]. Also some of a metal called guanin, or tumbaga, which is either an alloy of gold with copper, or smelted from an ore of gold and copper.

1876 Ferguson's Anecdotical Guide to Mexico iv. 60/2 The choir is surrounded by a balustrade of metal called tumbago (pinchbeak)... This balustrade and the principal front of the choir were manufactured at Macao.

1887 Amer. Architect & Building News 19 Nov. 239/1 Parties have repeatedly offered to replace all the tumbago used in the cathedral with an equal amount of pure silver.

1917 G. L. Morrill Devil in Mexico 177 The Tumbago balustrade encloses the fine wood-carved choir.

1979 Burlington Mag. Jan. 50 (caption) Lime container in the form of a seated man. Cast tumbaga with enriched surface.

2011 Late Amer. Antiq. 22 88/2 It is made of a gold-rich tumbaga joined to a copper-rich tumbaga, creating two different colors on either side of the nose ornament.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tumbaga
释义	tumbagan. Brit. /tʊmˈbɑːɡə/, U.S. /tumˈbɑɡə/ Forms: 1800s– tumbaga, 1800s– tumbago. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish tumbaga. Etymology: < Spanish tumbaga copper alloy imported from South East Asia (1737 or earlier; also alloy of gold, silver, and copper (1748 or earlier), any metal (1884)), probably ultimately < Malay tembaga , tambaga copper alloy (see tombac n.).The immediate etymon of the Spanish form is uncertain, and the vowel of the first syllable is unexplained. Compare Portuguese tumbaque alloy of copper and zinc, also alloy of gold and silver (1836). With reference to the alloy used in South East Asia, compare post-classical Latin tumbaga (1699 or earlier) and also the following (apparently isolated) earlier borrowing of Italian †tumbaga (1699 in the passage translated):1704 tr. G. F. Gemelli Careri Voy. round World iii. v, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. IV. 385/2 Certain rings of Tumbaga [It. Tumbaga], worn by the Portugueses of Macao;..the Spaniards value these Rings, and buy them very dear. This Tumbaga is made of many Metals run together. Any of various alloys of copper and gold used for jewellery and ornamental objects in Central and South America. Cf. tombac n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other copper alloys tombac1602 blanched copper1621 orichalcum1646 cock metal1766 gold bronze1785 bidri1794 tumbaga1860 Aich's metal1861 sterro-metal1865 talmi1868 Abyssinian gold1869 delta-metal1883 Tobin bronze1891 manganin1894 Eureka1914 1860 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 46 About 400 lbs. weight of these gold objects had been found [in Chiriqui, Panama]. Also some of a metal called guanin, or tumbaga, which is either an alloy of gold with copper, or smelted from an ore of gold and copper. 1876 Ferguson's Anecdotical Guide to Mexico iv. 60/2 The choir is surrounded by a balustrade of metal called tumbago (pinchbeak)... This balustrade and the principal front of the choir were manufactured at Macao. 1887 Amer. Architect & Building News 19 Nov. 239/1 Parties have repeatedly offered to replace all the tumbago used in the cathedral with an equal amount of pure silver. 1917 G. L. Morrill Devil in Mexico 177 The Tumbago balustrade encloses the fine wood-carved choir. 1979 Burlington Mag. Jan. 50 (caption) Lime container in the form of a seated man. Cast tumbaga with enriched surface. 2011 Late Amer. Antiq. 22 88/2 It is made of a gold-rich tumbaga joined to a copper-rich tumbaga, creating two different colors on either side of the nose ornament. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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