escoura

Galician

Alternative forms

• escoira

Etymology

From a local Vulgar Latin scauria, with the derivative scaureta already attested in Medieval Latin charters since the 9th century; perhaps from a substrate language, or from Latin scoria under the influence of a substrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkowɾa̝/

Noun

escoura f (plural escouras)

1. slag
2. scum
3. (geology) scoria

Derived terms

• Escoira
• Escoureda
• Escouredo
• Escourido
• Escurido

References

• “escour” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “escoura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “escoura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “escoura” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.