cairo

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin dente canario (“canine tooth”).

Alternative forms

• queiro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾo̝/

Noun

cairo m (plural cairos)

1. fang

   Synonyms: cabeiro, canino

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Latin corium (“hide, peel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾo̝/

Adjective

cairo (feminine caira, masculine plural cairos, feminine plural cairas)

1. tailless, naked (a hen, a chicken)

Related terms

• escairar (“to peel”)

Etymology 3

Perhaps from *caurius, from Latin caurus (“north-west wind”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). In that case, it would be a cognate with English shower.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾo̝/

Noun

cairo m (plural cairos)

1. downpour

References

• “cairo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cairo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cairo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cairo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “queiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.