escoura
Galician
Alternative forms
- escoira
Etymology
From a local Vulgar Latin scauria, with the derivative scaureta already attested in Medieval Latin charters since the 9th century; perhaps from a substrate language, or from Latin scoria under the influence of a substrate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkowɾa̝/
Noun
escoura f (plural escouras)
- slag
- scum
- (geology) scoria
Derived terms
- Escoira
- Escoureda
- Escouredo
- Escourido
- Escurido
References
- “escour” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “escoura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “escoura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “escoura” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.