ourizo

Galician

ourizo ("sea urchin")

Ourizo

Ourizo

Alternative forms

• arizo, erizo, eurizo, orizo, urizo
• ouriço (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *ouriço, from Latin ēricius (“hedgehog”). Cognate with Portuguese ouriço, Asturian oriciu, Spanish erizo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /owˈɾiθo̝/, (western) /owˈɾiso̝/

Noun

ourizo m (plural ourizos)

1. chestnut burr
   • 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferro-carril Compostelano:

     Cada vez a cousa engorda,
     como que incha a ollos vistos,
     Pro, si incha, non estoura;
     como o pelexo enteirizo
     da castaña agüenta e fofa
     pra levála o enemincho;
     Cando máis, si algo rebenta,
     e arregaña, é o ourizo,
     pra guindar limpa a castaña
     e roer fruto tan rico

     The thing grows at every time,
     as it swells in plain sight,
     but, although it swells, it does not burst;
     as the one-piece peel
     of the soft watery chestnuts
     you take to an enemy;
     at most, if something pops
     and cracks is the burr,
     to throw clean the chestnut
     and nibble such a rich fruit

2. hedgehog

   Synonym: ourizo cacho

3. sea urchin

   Synonym: ourizo do mar

Derived terms

• ouriceira

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ourizo”, 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), “ourizo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ourizo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN