cortizo

cortizo

Galician

cortizos ("beehives)"

Alternative forms

• curtizo

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century (cortiço). From cortiza (“bark”), from Latin cortex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koɾˈtiθʊ], (western) [koɾˈtisʊ]

Noun

cortizo m (plural cortizos)

1. beehive made with a section of cork
   • 1342, E. Portela Silva (ed.), La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 415:

     mando os cortiços e as outras coussas mobiles todas a Pero eanes meu marido

     I bequeath the beehives and all the other movable property to Pedro Yanes, my husband

   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Vinte cinco ducias D'obos

     eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan

     conque fazer os Formigos,

     e de mel vnha caldeyra,

     que os meus cobos e cortizos

     teñen moy boas entenas;

     porque sairon ogano

     moytos enjames d'abellas.

     Twenty-five dozens of eggs

     I offer her, so that they have the necessary

     to cook the formigos;

     and of honey a pot,

     because my skeps and hives

     have very good honeycombs,

     because this year

     many swarms of bees went out

   Synonyms: colmea, covo, trobo

2. cork oak (Quercus suber)

   Synonym: sobreira

Related terms

• cortiza

References

• “cortiço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cortizo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cortizo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cortizo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.