andamio

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese andamio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from andar (walk; level) +‎ -mio.

Pronunciation

Noun

andamio m (plural andamios)

  1. scaffold
    Synonym: estada
  2. part of the axle in contact with the wheel
  3. crane (machine)
  4. (rare or archaic) flyover
    • 1433, Á. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 89:
      Et agora vos, o dito Juan Fernandes Agulla, queriades andar et faser andameo para senpre por lo dito eixido das casas de bosa morada para a bosa orta et eixido que vay de longo con o dito meu terratorio et eixido, en maneira que ouvesedes sayda para a Rua dos Tornos da dita villa, por lo boso pardineiro, que foy casa, que sal con portas aa dita Rua
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  5. (archaic, historical) hoarding
    • 1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 186:
      Et todas las donas de Troya estauã por las torres et por andameos dos muros espauoradas et coytadas fortemẽt.
      And all the ladies of Troy were in the towers and the wall hoardings, heavily frightened and worried
    Synonym: cadafalso

References

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish andamio.

Noun

andámio

  1. gangplank

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈdamjo/
  • Rhymes: -amjo
  • Syllabification: an‧da‧mio

Etymology 1

From andar +‎ -amio, derived from -imo, indicating a superlative (compare último).[1]

Noun

andamio m (plural andamios)

  1. scaffold
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Hiligaynon: andamio

Etymology 2

Verb

andamio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of andamiar

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