cortiza

Galician

Etymology

Attested circa 1390. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin corticea, feminine of corticeus (“of cork, of bark”), from cortex (“bark, cork”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈtiθa̝/, (western) /koɾˈtisa̝/

Noun

cortiza f (uncountable)

1. bark; husk
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:

     ẽna almẽdra son tres cousas: a cortiça da çima et a casca et a vianda de dentro

     there are three things in an almond: the external husk, the peel, and the viand inside

   Synonym: casca

2. cork (bark of the cork oak)
3. item made of cork
   1. beehive

      Synonym: covo

Derived terms

• corticeira
• corticeiro
• Cortizas

Related terms

• cortizo

References

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