isqueiro

Galician

Alternative forms

• esqueiro

Etymology

Circa 1300. From isca +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈkejɾo̝/

Noun

isqueiro m (plural isqueiros)

1. small container for tinder
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 220:

     y achou cõ aquel arco hum estormento, et seu esqueyro, et sua ysca, et seu pedernal em el

     there he found, together with that bow, a tinderbox, with its tinder container, its tinder, and its flint inside it

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “squeyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “isqueiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “isqueiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From isca (“tinder”) +‎ -eiro. Compare Spanish yesquero.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈke(j).ɾu/ [isˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈke(j).ɾu/ [isˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈke(j).ɾu/ [iʃˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈke(j).ɾo/ [isˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈke.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: is‧quei‧ro

Noun

isqueiro m (plural isqueiros)

1. lighter (fire making device)

   Synonym: acendedor

Further reading

• isqueiro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt