márdea
Galician
Alternative forms
- marde, márdeña
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate form *mardena, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaɾðɪɐ]
Noun
márdea f (plural márdeas)
- ridge
- Synonym: sumo
- headland
- Synonyms: arró, cómaro
References
- “marde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “márdeña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “márdea” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “márdea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.