Wiktionary

esterco

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese esterco, from Latin stercus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terḱ-o-. Cognate with Breton stroñk (“excrements”) and Welsh trwnc (“urine”).

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Noun edit

esterco m (plural estercos)

  1. dung, manure
    Synonyms: cuito, estrume
    • 1927, X. Lesta Meis, Estebo, A Coruña: Lar, page 106:
      O Carpulla andaba á bosta. Cun cesto de aro colgado debaixo do brazo, iba e viña por camiños e carreiros recollendo canta alcontraba para facer esterco
      Carpulla ("Hunger") used to search for dung. With a hoop basked under the arm, he came and went on the roads and ways, picking up as much as he could find to make manure
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References edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

esterco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of estercar

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese esterco, from Latin stercus.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

esterco m (plural estercos)

  1. dung, manure
    Synonym: estrume
Derived terms edit

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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

esterco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of estercar
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