gándara

Galician

A Gándara, Artes, Ribeira

Alternative forms

Etymology

13th century. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, attested in local Medieval Latin as gandara and gandera.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡanda̝ɾa̝/

Noun

gándara f (plural gándaras)

  1. type of unproductive wetland, of alluvial origin, rich in gravel and sand
  2. flat wet terrain
    • 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

References

  • “gandara” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “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.
  1. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. gándara.
  2. ↑ Lapesa, Rafael (2004), Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. gandera.
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