orela

Esperanto

Etymology

orelo +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈrela]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: o‧re‧la

Adjective

orela (accusative singular orelan, plural orelaj, accusative plural orelajn)

1. auditory, aural (of the ear)

Galician

By the seashore / I watched her pass by / a star in her front / a song in the mouth

Alternative forms

• aurela, ourela

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century. From Latin ōra (“border”) + the diminutive suffix -ela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾɛla/ [oˈɾɛ.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: o‧re‧la

Noun

orela m (plural orelas)

1. border, rim, limit
   • 1307, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada/A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 440:

     hun calez de prata d'un marco et meo, que seia laurado et dourado arredor nas orelas

     a silver chalice of a mark and a half, which should be carved and gilded on its rims

   Synonyms: beira, bordo

2. shore, bank

   Synonyms: beiramar, ribeira

   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 791:

     ourela do rrio

     bank of the river

3. (archaeology) popular denomination of the risen perimeter of the local Iron Age hill-forts

   Synonyms: coroa, roda

Derived terms

• Orela
• ourelar
• oureleiro
• ourelo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ourela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “orela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “orela”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “orela”, 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), “orela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ourela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN