peneira

Galician

Peneiras and other domestic tools

Peneira

Etymology 1

13th century. From Vulgar Latin *pinnaria, from Latin pinna (“feather”). Note that medieval Galician pena meant "pelt". Cognate with Portuguese peneira and Asturian peñera.

Alternative forms

• pineira

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈnejɾa̝/

Noun

peneira f (plural peneiras)

1. sieve usually used to sift flour
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 342:

     It. hua peneyra vella

     Item, an old sieve

   • 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV), doc. D40a:

     Hun saco cheo de farina triiga, tres peneyras, hun restrello, dous odres

     A sack full of wheat flour, three sieves, a heap of chestnuts, two goatskins

   Synonyms: criba, baruto, bortel, xirgo

2. abalone, ear shell

   Synonym: orella de mar

Derived terms

• peneirar (“to sieve”)

Related terms

• pena (“pelt”)

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

peneira

1. inflection of peneirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈne(j).ɾɐ/ [peˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈne(j).ɾɐ/ [peˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈne(j).ɾa/ [peˈne(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈnɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈnej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈnej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈne.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: pe‧nei‧ra

Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

peneira f (plural peneiras)

1. sieve (device to separate larger objects)

   Synonyms: coador, crivo, joeira

2. (figurative) something which selects the best and filters out the rest

Derived terms

• peneiração
• peneirada
• peneirado
• peneirador
• peneiragem
• peneiramento
• peneirar
• peneireiro
• peneiro
• tapar o sol com a peneira

 

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: beneela

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

peneira

1. inflection of peneirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative