aguia

See also: águia and Águia

Galician

Aguia ("eagle")

Alternative forms

• aiga, aigue

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese aguia, from Latin aquila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɣja̝/

Noun

aguia f (plural aguias)

1. eagle
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 142:

     Et o conde foy logo ferir enos mouros muy de rigeo, assy com̃o a aguia famienta ena caça quando sse quer çeuar

     And the count stroke into the Moors very harshly, as the hungry eagle do to his prey when he wants to eat

Derived terms

• Aigas
• Aguiada
• Aguiar
• Aguias
• Aguieira
• Aguieiras
• Aguieiro
• Niñodaguia
• Penadaguia

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aguia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aguia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “aguia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “aguia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “aguia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Noun

aguia f (plural s)

1. Obsolete spelling of águia.