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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 14th century; from espiña + -azo. Cognate with Portuguese espinhaço and Spanish espinazo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espiˈɲaθo̝/, (western) /espiˈɲaso̝/
Noun
espiñazo m (plural espiñazos)
- (anatomy) spine, backbone
- Synonyms: carrelo, cerrizo, espiña, espiña dorsal
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 588:Et poso hũa seeta en seu arquo, et tendeu[o] o mais que podo, et tiroulle et deulle perlos costados, et pasoulos anbos de parte a parte perlo espinaço- And he put an arrow in his bow, and bent it as much as he could, and shot and hit him on his side, and pierced them both from to side through the backbone
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espinaço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espinaç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espiñazo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “espiñazo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espiñazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN