anduriña

Galician

Anduriña

Alternative forms

• andolía, andulía, andoriña
• andurinha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese andorỹa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a Vulgar Latin root *harundina, from hirundina-, from Latin hirundō, hirundine; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it. Cognate with Portuguese andorinha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anduˈɾiɲa̝/

Noun

anduriña f (plural anduriñas)

1. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

   unha anduriña soa non fai verán. ― one swallow does not make a summer. (proverb)

2. a sheep who guides the flock
3. scallop

Derived terms

• Anduriñas
• anduriña de mar
• herba da anduriña

References

• “andorỹa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “andor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “anduriña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “anduriña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “anduriña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “andoriña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.