caíño
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Caíño grape
Galician
Etymology
From Latin canīnus (“canine”). Cognate with Portuguese cainho.
Pronunciation
Noun
caíño m (plural caíños, feminine caíña, feminine plural caíñas)
- one of several autochthonous Galician varieties of grape which produce wines with high acidity
- Brancellao e Caíño, os pais do viño(proverb)
- Brancellao and Caíño the wine's parents
Adjective
caíño (feminine caíña, masculine plural caíños, feminine plural caíñas)
Derived terms
- Caíño (surname)
- mosca caíña (“horsefly”, literally “canine fly”)
- nabo caíño (“bryony”, literally “canine turnip”)
See also
caíño tinto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - caíño blanco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- “caíño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “caíño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caíño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “uva caíño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mosca caíña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN