estinga

Galician

estinga

Alternative forms

• tinga, raia tinga

Etymology

Documented at least since the 18th century; perhaps borrowed from English stingray rather than an old loanword from Suevic or Gothic. Ultimatelly from Proto-Germanic *stinganą, whence also Old Norse stinga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtiŋɡa̝/

Noun

estinga f (plural estingas)

1. stingray
   • 1788, Cornide Saavedra, José. Ensayo para una historia de los peces ... de la costa de Galicia, page 127:

     Tambien se dá en gallego el nombre de Raya tinga ó estinga [..] á una especie de Pastinaca mas blanca que la comun

     Also, in Galician they call raia tinga or estinga to some kind of stingray that is whiter than the common one:

   Synonyms: raia estriga, uxa

2. (obsolete) an instrument used by brass workers

References

• “estinga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “estinga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “estinga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.