cómaro

Galician

Alternative forms

• cómbaro

Etymology

Attested in local Latin documents at least since 910. Its etymology is debated; most probably it derives from a substrate language. If related to Old Irish comar (“co-ploughing”), then probably from Proto-Celtic *kom (“with, co-”) + Proto-Celtic *aro-, the latter from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to ploug”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkomɐɾʊ]

Noun

cómaro m (plural cómaros)

1. strip of land in between two contiguous farm plots

   Synonym: arró

   • 1271, José-Luis Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 249:

     deuemos esta herdade de suso a de finar fielmente quanta e qual en paz e por quaes terminos e por quaes comaros e por quaes marcos

     we must faithfully and peaceably end [delimit?] the aforementioned property, by its limits, and by its cómaros, and by its landmarks

2. headland, strip of land around a farm plot usually left fallow [10th–21th c.]

   Synonyms: arró, cemba

3. hedge (ridge in between two contiguous plots of land)

   Synonyms: arró, cemba, sebe

Derived terms

• comareiro
• Combro

References

• “comaro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “comaro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “comaro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cómaro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cómaro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.