espiñazo

See also: espinazo

Galician

Alternative forms

• espiazo

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century; from espiña +‎ -azo. Cognate with Portuguese espinhaço and Spanish espinazo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espiˈɲaθo̝/, (western) /espiˈɲaso̝/

Noun

espiñazo m (plural espiñazos)

1. (anatomy) spine, backbone

   Synonyms: carrelo, cerrizo, espiña, espiña dorsal

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 588:

     Et poso hũa seeta en seu arquo, et tendeu[o] o mais que podo, et tiroulle et deulle perlos costados, et pasoulos anbos de parte a parte perlo espinaço

     And he put an arrow in his bow, and bended it as much as he could, and shot and hit him on his side, and pierced them both from to side through the backbone

Related terms

• espiña

References

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