queiroa
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a substrate form *cariola.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]queiroa f (plural queiroas)
- (botany) heather (Calluna vulgaris)
- firewood obtained from it
- 1836, anonymous author, Diálogo entre Gorecho e Mingos:
- ¿Que lle fai a Nacion un carto que cobran nas portas por unha dúcia de ovos, ou dous por un feixse de queiroas?
- What good makes the nation a quarter that they charge at the gates for a dozen eggs, or two for a faggot of heather firewood?
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “queiroa”, 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), “queiroa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “queiroa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN