andorỹa
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From a Vulgar Latin root *harundina, from hirundina-, from Latin hirundō, hirundine; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
andorỹa f
- swallow (bird)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 54 (facsimile):
- […] como muda penas a andorỹa.
- […] just like the swallow moults its feathers.
- […] como muda penas a andorỹa.