escoura

Galician

Alternative forms

• escoira

Etymology

From a local Vulgar Latin scauria, with the derivative scaureta already attested in Medieval Latin charters since the 9th century; perhaps from a substrate language, or from Latin scoria under the influence of a substrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkowɾa̝/

Noun

escoura f (plural escouras)

1. slag
2. scum
3. (geology) scoria

Derived terms

• Escoira
• Escoureda
• Escouredo
• Escourido
• Escurido

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escour”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escoura”, 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), “escoura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escoura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN