peeira

Galician

Alternative forms

• pieira

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peeira (attested since circa 1409). From Latin pedaria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈejɾa/ [peˈej.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾa
• Hyphenation: pe‧ei‧ra

Noun

peeira f (plural peeiras)

1. (of cattle, horses) wound on the foot

Noun

peeira f (plural peeiras)

1. (folklore, mythology) person, usually a woman, who acts as a wolf keeper. If a woman had seven daughters and no sons, the seventh one would became one.

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peeira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peeira”, 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), “peeira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN