remuíño
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Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From re- (“again”) + muíño (“mill”). Compare Portuguese remoinho, Spanish remolino.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
remuíño m (plural remuíños)
- vortex, whirlpool, whirlwind, dust devil
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 717:
- alý hu o mar fazía rremuño
- there where the sea was making a whirlpool
- eddy (air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current)
- (hair) cowlick
References[edit]
- “remuño” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “redemoynos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “remuíño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “remuíño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “remuíño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.