coiro

See also: Coiro

Galician

Alternative forms

• couro, cuiro

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coiro, from Latin corium, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-. Compare Portuguese couro, Spanish cuero and French cuir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkojɾo/ [ˈkoj.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ojɾo
• Hyphenation: coiro

Noun

coiro m (plural coiros)

1. (uncountable) leather (material)
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 126:

     o par de çapatos de vaca nobos et sobre solados et tacoados e ben coseytos e de boas solas e peças e boa liña e boo coiro

     the pair of new cow shoes, with over sole, tacked, well sewn, with good soles and pieces and good thread and good leather

2. hide
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 398:

     Et el tragía en sua mão hũ arco, en que nõ auj́a madeyra, mays era todo feyto de coyros cruus et de neruos engrudidos per grãde arte et per grã maestría

     He was carrying a bow in his hand, not made of wood, but completely made with crude hides and glued tendons, with great art and great mastery

   Synonym: pelica

3. skin
   • 1977, Suso Vaamonde / traditional, Ua! (song):

     este pandeiro que toco
     por moito que repenique
     non teñas medo que rache
     que é de coiro de cacique

     this tambourine I play,
     no matter how much I drum it,
     have no fear, it won't break,
     'cause is made of tyrant skin

   Synonym: pel

Derived terms

• coira
• coiracha
• coiracho
• coiro cabeludo
• coirudo
• en coiros
• encoirar
• ser do coiro do trasno

Related terms

• coiraza

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “coiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “coiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Etymology

From coira +‎ -ō, from Proto-Italic *kʷoizā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-.

Verb

coirō (present infinitive coirāre, perfect active coirāvī, supine coirātum); first conjugation (Old Latin)

1. alternative form of cūrō
   • CIL 10.3775:

     L(ucius) Olienus L(uci) f(ilius) / [he]isc(e) mag(istri) Spei Fidei Fortunae mur[um] / faciundu(m) coiravere M(arco) Minu[cio] / S(purio) Postumio co(n)s(ulibus)

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   • CIL 3.7233:

     A(ulus) Attiolenus A(uli) f(ilius) Vel(ina) reficiundam coiravit

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • CIL 11.7505:

     C(aius) Egnatius Sex(ti) f(ilius) prata / faciunda coiravit

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • CIL 2.3433:

     Heisce m/agistris / coira(r)unt / C(aius) Poplici(us) C(ai) f(ilius) / L(ucius) Cervi(us) L(uci) f(ilius) / M(arcus) Caeici(us) N(umeri) C(ai) l(ibertus) / L(ucius) Talepi(us) A(uli) l(ibertus) / Cn(aeus) Tongili(us) pu(bi) l(ibertus) / L(ucius) Paqui(us) Lon[g]i l(ibertus) Silo / Q(uintus) Verati C(ai) s(ervus) / P(h)il(emo) Pontili(orum) M(arci) C(ai) s(ervus) / Q(uinctio) Claudi / Pos(tumi?) C(ai) s(ervus)

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Usage notes

The form coiraveront is attested in one inscription from Sardinia.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of coirō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	coirō		coirās		coirat		coirāmus		coirātis		coirant
	imperfect	coirābam		coirābās		coirābat		coirābāmus		coirābātis		coirābant
	future	coirābō		coirābis		coirābit		coirābimus		coirābitis		coirābunt
	perfect	coirāvī		coirāvistī, coirāstī1		coirāvit, coirāt1		coirāvimus, coirāmus1		coirāvistis, coirāstis1		coirāvērunt, coirārunt, coirāvēre1
	pluperfect	coirāveram, coirāram1		coirāverās, coirārās1		coirāverat, coirārat1		coirāverāmus, coirārāmus1		coirāverātis, coirārātis1		coirāverant, coirārant1
	future perfect	coirāverō, coirārō1		coirāveris, coirāris1		coirāverit, coirārit1		coirāverimus, coirārimus1		coirāveritis, coirāritis1		coirāverint, coirārint1
passive	present	coiror		coirāris, coirāre		coirātur		coirāmur		coirāminī		coirantur
	imperfect	coirābar		coirābāris, coirābāre		coirābātur		coirābāmur		coirābāminī		coirābantur
	future	coirābor		coirāberis, coirābere		coirābitur		coirābimur		coirābiminī		coirābuntur
	perfect	coirātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	coirātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	coirātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	coirem		coirēs		coiret		coirēmus		coirētis		coirent
	imperfect	coirārem		coirārēs		coirāret		coirārēmus		coirārētis		coirārent
	perfect	coirāverim, coirārim1		coirāverīs, coirārīs1		coirāverit, coirārit1		coirāverīmus, coirārīmus1		coirāverītis, coirārītis1		coirāverint, coirārint1
	pluperfect	coirāvissem, coirāssem1		coirāvissēs, coirāssēs1		coirāvisset, coirāsset1		coirāvissēmus, coirāssēmus1		coirāvissētis, coirāssētis1		coirāvissent, coirāssent1
passive	present	coirer		coirēris, coirēre		coirētur		coirēmur		coirēminī		coirentur
	imperfect	coirārer		coirārēris, coirārēre		coirārētur		coirārēmur		coirārēminī		coirārentur
	perfect	coirātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	coirātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		coirā		—		—		coirāte		—
	future	—		coirātō		coirātō		—		coirātōte		coirantō
passive	present	—		coirāre		—		—		coirāminī		—
	future	—		coirātor		coirātor		—		—		coirantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		coirāre			coirārī			coirāns			—
future		coirātūrum esse			coirātum īrī			coirātūrus			coirandus
perfect		coirāvisse, coirāsse1			coirātum esse			—			coirātus
future perfect		—			coirātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		coirātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		coirandī		coirandō		coirandum		coirandō		coirātum		coirātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

References

• “curo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• curo in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• J. N. Adams, Anna Chahoud, Giuseppe Pezzini, editor (2023), Early Latin: Constructs, Diversity, Reception‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 53

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corium, with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ojɾo

Noun

coiro m (plural coiros)

1. leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)

Descendants

• Galician: coiro
• Portuguese: coiro, couro

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "coiro"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coiro, from Latin corium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.ɾu/ [ˈkoɪ̯.ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.ɾu/ [ˈkoɪ̯.ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.ɾo/ [ˈkoɪ̯.ɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ojɾu
• Hyphenation: coi‧ro

Noun

coiro m (plural coiros)

1. alternative form of couro

Derived terms

• couro

Further reading

• “coiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “coiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026