gándara

Galician edit

A Gándara, Artes, Ribeira

Alternative forms edit

gandra, granda

Etymology edit

13th century. Already attested in local Medieval Latin as gandara and gandera; from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. While some authors have proposed an Iberian origin,^[1] this is unlikely, since Iberian was spoken in the Mediterranean coast, and this word is documented mostly in the NW of the Iberian peninsula; related to Alemannic German Gand (“scree”).^[2]^[3]^[4]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈɡandɐɾɐ]

Noun edit

gándara f (plural gándaras)

type of unproductive or little productive wetland, of alluvial origin, rich in gravel and sand
- 1296, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1189:
  et commo se vay pe-lo camino, et pe-lo meo logo da gandara que vos lavrastes
  and as it goes along the path, and as it goes through the middle of the wetland that you ploughed

Derived terms edit

References edit

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

^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “gándara”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
^ Lapesa, Rafael (2004) Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. gandera.
^ Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, pages 52-53.

[1] Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

[2] Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “gándara”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

[3] Lapesa, Rafael (2004) Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. gandera.

[4] Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, pages 52-53.

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