remuíño
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From re- (“again”) + muíño (“mill”). Compare Portuguese remoinho, Spanish remolino.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]remuíño m (plural remuíños)
- vortex, whirlpool, whirlwind, dust devil
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 717:
- alý hu o mar fazía rremuño
- there where the sea was making a whirlpool
- eddy (air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current)
- (hair) cowlick
References
[edit]- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “remuño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “redemoynos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “remuíño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “remuíño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “remuíño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.