esqueiro

Galician

Etymology 1

Circa 1300. From esca + -eiro.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkejɾo̝/

Noun

esqueiro m (plural esqueiros)

  1. small container for tinder
    • c1300, R. Martínez López, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 220:
      y achou cõ aquel arco hum estormento, et seu esqueyro, et sua ysca, et seu pedernal em el
      there he found, together with that bow, a tinderbox, with its tinder container, its tinder, and its flint inside it

Etymology 2

From Latin scālārium (flight of stairs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkejɾo̝/

Noun

esqueiro m (plural esqueiros)

  1. flight of steps
  2. small ladder

References

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