cortegada

Galician

Etymology

From Latin cortex (“bark”) +‎ -ada, which has a collective meaning. Compare alto Latin Corticata, today Galician Cortegada, perhaps meaning "covered with cork oaks".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koɾteˈɣaðɐ]

Noun

cortegada f (plural cortegadas)

1. (nautical) set of floaters of a fishing net

Related terms

• corticeiro
• cortiza
• cortizo

 

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cortegada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “cortegada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cortegada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.