choer

choer

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese choyr (attested in the 13th-century Galician Cantigas de Santa Maria; compare also archaic Portuguese chouver), from Latin claudere, present active infinitive of claudō (“enclose”), from Proto-Italic *klaudō, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈeɾ/

Verb

choer (first-person singular present choio, first-person singular preterite choín, past participle choído)

1. (transitive) to enclose a terrain
   • 1394, Alexandra Cabana Outeiro (ed.), O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397. Valga: Concello de Valga, page 88:

     E outrosý auedes de cauar e escauar e rrodrigar e podar e choer e valar as ditas viñas

     And also you should dig, excavate, stake, prune, enclose, hurdle the aforementioned vineyard

   • 1438, Manuel Lucas Alvarez & María José Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega. page 398:

     eu o dito Juan Afonso podey et choyn et fiz cauar o dito baçelo de viña

     I, the aforementioned Xoan Afonso, pruned, enclosed and ordered to dig the mentioned new vineyard

2. (transitive) to enclose the cattle
3. (transitive, dated) to close, to lock
   • 1820, anonymous, Tertulia en la Quintana, page 123:

     o tal libreiro ¡miña xoia! fuxeu, e deixou choídas as portas da súa casa

     this bookseller, the poor man!, he fled and left the doors of his house closed

Conjugation

• Note: cho- are changed to choi- before back vowels (a, o).

Conjugation of choer

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	choer
personal	choer	choeres	choer	choermos	choerdes	choeren
Gerund
	choendo
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	choído			choídos
feminine	choída			choídas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	choio	choes	choe	choemos	choedes	choen
imperfect	choía	choías	choía	choïamos	choïades	choían
preterite	choín	choíches	choeu	choemos	choestes	choeron
pluperfect	choera	choeras	choera	choeramos	choerades	choeran
future	choerei	choerás	choerá	choeremos	choeredes	choerán
conditional	choería	choerías	choería	choeriamos	choeriades	choerían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	choia	choias	choia	choiamos	choiades	choian
preterite	choese	choeses	choese	choésemos	choésedes	choesen
future	choer	choeres	choer	choermos	choerdes	choeren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	choe	choia	choiamos	choede	choian
negative	–	choias	choia	choiamos	choiades	choian

Derived terms

• choiar

Related terms

• chousa (“enclosed terrain”)
• chouselo (“enclosed terrain”)
• chouso (“enclosed terrain”)
• chousume (“materials used for enclosing a terrain”)
• deschoer
• rechoer

References

• “choer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “choyr” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “choer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “choer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “choer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.