andorỹa

andorỹa

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• andorinna

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *harundina, from hirundina-, from Latin hirundō, hirundine; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.do.ˈɾĩ.a/, (late) /an.do.ˈɾi.ɲa/

Noun

andorỹa f

1. swallow (bird)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 54 (facsimile):

     […] como muda penas a andorỹa.

     […] just like the swallow moults its feathers.

Descendants

• Galician: andoriña
• Portuguese: andorinha