alto mar
See also: alto-mar
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese alto mar (13th century, Martin Codax): alto (“high, deep”) and mar (“sea”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alto mar m (plural altos mares)
- (nautical) high sea
- Synonym: mar aberto
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 250:
- Desý ouueron moy bon uẽto, cõ que entrarõ a alto mar, Et espedírõsse de todos seus amjgos et de todos seus parẽtes.
- Thenceforth they had very good wind, with which they entered the high sea, and they said goodbye to all of their friends and family
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alto mar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alto mar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega