esquío

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See also: esquió

Galician

esquío

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *squirus, from sciurus (“squirrel”), from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros),^[1] perhaps attracted by Galician esquivo, esquío (“elusive”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈkio̝/, (eastern)

Noun

esquío m (plural esquíos)

(mammal) squirrel
- 1399, M. Lucas Alvareze María José Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 271:
  Pero Esquio de Beba
  Peter Squirrel, from Beba

Etymology 2

From esquivo, from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, reserved; odious”).

Adjective

esquío (feminine esquía, masculine plural esquíos, feminine plural esquías)

Alternative form of esquivo
1. impoverished, scant
2. elusive, disdainful

Etymology 3

Verb

esquío

first-person singular present indicative of esquiar

References

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esquio”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esquio”, 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), “esquío”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esquío”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “esquilo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Verb

esquío

first-person singular present indicative of esquiar

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