aguia

See also: águia and Águia

Galician

Aguia ("eagle")

Alternative forms

• aiga, aigue

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aguia, from Latin aquila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɣja̝/

Noun

aguia f (plural aguias)

1. eagle
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 142:

     Et o conde foy logo ferir enos mouros muy de rigeo, assy com̃o a aguia famienta ena caça quando sse quer çeuar

     And the count stroke into the Moors very harshly, as the hungry eagle do to his prey when he wants to eat

Derived terms

• Aigas
• Aguiada
• Aguiar
• Aguias
• Aguieira
• Aguieiras
• Aguieiro
• Niñodaguia
• Penadaguia

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aguia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aguia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aguia”, 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), “aguia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aguia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Noun

aguia f (plural aguias)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of águia.