anguía
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A trap (nasa) for catching eels
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese anguia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin anguilla. Cognate with Portuguese enguia and Spanish anguila.
Pronunciation
Noun
anguía f (plural anguías)
- eel, especially the European eel
- 1391, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, vol. 3, page 420:
- cada natal nos daredes das ditas erdades quinse duseas de boas anguias secas et salgadas
- each Christmas you'll give us, of that properties, fifteen dozens of good eels, dry and salted
- cada natal nos daredes das ditas erdades quinse duseas de boas anguias secas et salgadas
- Synonym: airoa
- 1391, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, vol. 3, page 420:
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “anguia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “anguia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “anguía”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “anguía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “anguía”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN