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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “andorỹa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “andor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “anduriña”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “anduriña”, 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), “anduriña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “andoriña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN