poial

See also: pöial

Galician

Alternative forms

• pial

Etymology

14th century. From poio (“platform”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpojal/

Noun

poial m (plural poiais)

1. stone bench annexed to a house

   Synonym: poio

2. sill, windowsill

   Synonyms: peitoril, poio

3. block; perpend stone

   Synonym: perpiaño

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 231:

     Et as rruas erã moy grãdes, de hũa parte et da outra, et erã feytas per grande engeño, et erã de suso cubertas de bóueda, et juso erã estradas per poyaes de boa pedra laurada

     And the streets were wide, in one side and the other, and were made with great ingenuity, and they were vaulted in the ceiling, and down they were paved with blocks of good worked stone

4. stone platform designed to rest loads along a way

   Synonym: poio

Related terms

• poio

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “poyal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poya”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “poial” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “poial” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “poial” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.