remuíño
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From re- (“again”) + muíño (“mill”). Compare Portuguese remoinho, Spanish remolino.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]remuíño m (plural remuíños)
- vortex, whirlpool, whirlwind, dust devil
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 717:
- alý hu o mar fazía rremuño
- there where the sea was making a whirlpool
- eddy (air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current)
- (hair) cowlick
References
[edit]- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “remuño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “redemoynos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “remuíño”, 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), “remuíño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “remuíño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN