escoura

Galician

Alternative forms

escoira

Etymology

From a local Vulgar Latin scauria, with the derivative scaureta already attested in Medieval Latin charters since the 9th century; perhaps from a substrate language, or from Latin scoria under the influence of a substrate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈkowɾa̝/

Noun

escoura f (plural escouras)

Derived terms

References

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