Le déanaí bhí mé ag léamh an leabhar réalteolaíochta Burnham's Celestial Handbook de chuid Robert Burnham Jr. Ag caint faoi réaltbhuíon an Bhodaigh (Orion), scríobh sé:

"According to R. H. Allen, the constellation was the "Armed King" Caomai to the early Irish..."

Níor chuala mé riamh an t-ainm sin "Caomai", agus ní raibh mé in ann é a aimsiú in aon fhoclóir - nua-aimseartha nó a mhalairt.

An bhfuil a fhios ag éinne céard is brí le "Caomaí"? An focal Gaeilge é ar chor ar bith? Sean-Ghaeilge?

Go raibh maith agaibh.

Dicuil.

chuardaigh mé ar google agus fuair mé...

www.etymonline.com (search for orion)

ps Conas a déarfeá "i found" as Gaeilge?

Fuair mé!

D'aimsigh mé - I found

I looked in the Dictionary of the Irish Language (a huge book of Old and Middle Irish words) under a variety of spellings and I can't find the word 'Caomai' so I have to wonder if R. H. Allen really knew what he was talking about.
But I looked in Lambert McKinney's "Foclóir Béarla is Gaeidhilge" (1935) and here is the entry for

"Orion's Belt, slat an Rí... an tslat is an Bhannlámh ...slat an cheannaí"

'slat' means a rod or rodlike object, often used to denote a measuring stick
'bannlamh' is translated by Dinneen as "a cubit; a "bandle"; a measure of 21 inches (equated to 'Feadh, fathom' English) for home-made cloth...24 inches"

O'Dónaill's Dictionary translates 'ceannaí' as "Buyer, purchaser...dealer, merchant".

Here are my own translations:
'slat an Rí' -- 'the king's rod'
'an tslat is an bhannlámh' -- 'the yardstick and the bandle'
'slat an cheannaí' -- 'the merchant's yardstick'

My guess is that 'caomai' may be a confusion for 'ceannaí' but of course that's just a guess.

Gabhaigí mo leithscéal, le bhur dtoil. Nuair a chonaic mé cúpla focal as Béarla thuas, cheap mé gur clár "Béarla agus Gaeilge" atá anseo. Ach tuigim an cás anois. Agus ní chuirfidh mé focal i mBéarla air arís choíche is go deo.

Bhuel, an féidir "Armed King" é an t-aistriúchán? Dúirt Burham 'the "Armed King", Caomai'. Is dócha gurb é an 'slat' mar a dúirt Liz, an 'arm' a bhí ar an rí sin.

I found = fuair mé, d'aimsigh mé, fuair mé amach, tháinig mé ar rud...

"Caomaí" looks like a strangely spelled word, if it's Early Irish. Dennis may correct me but i'm almost sure that the digraph "ao" wasn't used or almost not in early Irish. Modern irish 's mostly come from early Irish <áe>, , <óe>, , etc.

Maybe it's caomhaí in modern irish? related to caomh=gentle ?

Nár léigh tú post Liz, a Lughaidh? Anois, tit, agus tabhair dom fiche! (Rud a deirtear do luthchleasaithe óga nó daoine san arm go minic anseo). Conas a déarfá 'push-up' as Gaeilge?

Léigh.

Níl 's agam cad é mar a déarfá "push-up" i nGaeilg, siocair nach bhfuil 's agam cad é 'chiallas sé féin...

Bhuel, ní hé an cíochbheart atá i gceist agam, ach an lúthaíocht. Tosaíonn duine ina luí ar an urlár, aghaidh faoi, a mbosa réidh oscailte ar an dtalamh, uillinneacha amuigh uaidh, agus brúnn an duine lena lámha amháin, ag déanamh a uillinneacha díreach, chun a chorp a ardú. Coimeádtear an corp díreach dolúbtha an t-am ar fad. Sin 'push-up' amháin.

Tógálach. An ea "Brú suas" ró-Béarlachas?