remuíño

Galician

Alternative forms

• derremuño, redemuíño, redemuño, remuín, remuniño, remuño

Etymology

From re- (“again”) +‎ muíño (“mill”). Compare Portuguese remoinho, Spanish remolino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /remuˈiɲo̝/

Noun

remuíño m (plural remuíños)

1. 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

2. eddy (air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current)
3. (hair) cowlick

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “remuño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “redemoynos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “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.