andorỹa

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• andorinna

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *harundina, from hirundina-, from Latin hirundō, hirundine; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.do.ˈɾĩ.a/, (late) /an.do.ˈɾi.ɲa/

Noun

andorỹa f (plural andorỹas)

1. swallow (any bird of the Hirundinidae family)
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 54 (facsimile):

     […] como muda penas a andorỹa.

     […] just like the swallow moults its feathers.

Derived terms

• Anduriñas

Descendants

• Fala: anduriña
• Galician: anduriña
• Portuguese: andorinha
  • → Nheengatu: andurinhu

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “andorỹa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega