choer

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese choyr (attested in the 13th-century Galician Cantigas de Santa Maria; compare also archaic Portuguese chouver), from Latin claudere, present active infinitive of claudō (“enclose”), from Proto-Italic *klaudō, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈeɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to enclose a terrain
   • 1394, Alexandra Cabana Outeiro (ed.), O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397. Valga: Concello de Valga, page 88:

     E outrosý auedes de cauar e escauar e rrodrigar e podar e choer e valar as ditas viñas

     And also you should dig, excavate, stake, prune, enclose, hurdle the aforementioned vineyard

   • 1438, Manuel Lucas Alvarez & María José Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega. page 398:

     eu o dito Juan Afonso podey et choyn et fiz cauar o dito baçelo de viña

     I, the aforementioned Xoan Afonso, pruned, enclosed and ordered to dig the mentioned new vineyard

2. (transitive) to enclose the cattle
3. (transitive, dated) to close, to lock
   • 1820, anonymous, Tertulia en la Quintana, page 123:

     o tal libreiro ¡miña xoia! fuxeu, e deixou choídas as portas da súa casa

     this bookseller, the poor man!, he fled and left the doors of his house closed

Related terms

• chousa (“enclosed terrain”)
• chouselo (“enclosed terrain”)
• chouso (“enclosed terrain”)
• chousume (“materials used for enclosing a terrain”)
• deschoer

References

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• “choer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.