airoa

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Finnish

Noun

airoa

  1. partitive singular of airo

Galician

A trap (nasa) for catching eels

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Likely from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

Noun

airoa f (plural airoas)

  1. eel, especially the European eel
    Synonym: anguía

References

  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “iroas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • airoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • airoa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • airoa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.