ariño

See also: arino

Galician

Alternative forms

• arinho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

14th century. Perhaps from area (“sand”) +‎ -iño, diminutive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾiɲo̝/

Noun

ariño m (plural ariños)

1. sandy island or sandbank in the lower course of the Minho river

   Synonyms: barra, lombo, taro

   • 1319, Ermelindo Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Una sociedad en expansión y en la crisis, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 393:

     vos que ayades esa renda da dizima dos savees e do pescado que y sayr en vossa vida e despos vosa morte que fique a nos o dito arynno

     you should have this rent of a tenth of the shads and of the fish that is captured there, in your life, and after your death this sandbank should return to us

References

• “arynno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ariño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.