anduriña

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Galician

Anduriña

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese andorỹa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a Vulgar Latin root *harundina, from hirundina-, from Latin hirundō, hirundine; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it. Cognate with Portuguese andorinha.

Pronunciation

Noun

anduriña f (plural anduriñas)

  1. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
    unha anduriña soa non fai verán. ― one swallow does not make a summer. (proverb)
  2. a sheep who guides the flock
  3. scallop

Derived terms

References

  • “andorỹa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “andor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “anduriña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “anduriña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “anduriña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “andoriña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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