airoa

Finnish

Noun

airoa

1. partitive singular of airo

Galician

A trap (nasa) for catching eels

Alternative forms

• eiroa, eiró, eiroga, eirón

Etymology

Unknown. Likely from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ajˈɾɔ.ɐ]

Noun

airoa f (plural airoas)

1. eel, especially the European eel

   Synonym: anguía

References

• “iroas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “airoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “airoa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “airoa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.