gorgoiro

Galician

Etymology

14th century. From Vulgar Latin *gurgurium (“windpipe”), from Latin gurges.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoɾˈɣojɾo̝/

Noun

gorgoiro m (plural gorgoiros)

1. trachea, windpipe
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 506:

     Et tendeu o arco o mays fortement que podo, et seytouo moy bẽ, et tiroulle do arco, et deulle perla garganta, et pasoulle a loriga, et talloulle os gorgoyros, et dou cõ el do caualo morto en terra, en meo da batalla

     He extended the bow as strongly as he could, and he aimed very ably and shoot; and he hit near his throat, and the shot pierced his mail and cut his windpipe and knocked him down from his horse, dead, in the middle of the battle

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gorgoyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gorgoyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gorgoiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega