aguia
Galician edit
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Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese aguia, from Latin aquila.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aguia f (plural aguias)
- eagle
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, 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
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References edit
- “aguia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “aguia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “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.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aguia f (plural aguias)