cairo
See also: Cairo
Galician
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Etymology 1
From Latin dente canario (“canine tooth”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
cairo m (plural cairos)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Latin corium (“hide, peel”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
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Related terms
- escairar (“to peel”)
Etymology 3
Perhaps from *caurius, from Latin caurus (“north-west wind”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). In that case, it would be a cognate with English shower.
Pronunciation
Noun
cairo m (plural cairos)
References
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- “cairo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “queiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.