esterco
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese esterco, from Latin stercus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terḱ-o-. Cognate with Breton stroñk (“excrements”) and Welsh trwnc (“urine”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
esterco m (plural estercos)
- dung, manure
- 1927, X. Lesta Meis, Estebo, A Coruña: Lar, page 106:
- O Carpulla andaba á bosta. Cun cesto de aro colgado debaixo do brazo, iba e viña por camiños e carreiros recollendo canta alcontraba para facer esterco
- Carpulla ("Hunger") used to search for dung. With a hoop basked under the arm, he came and went on the roads and ways, picking up as much as he could find to make manure
- O Carpulla andaba á bosta. Cun cesto de aro colgado debaixo do brazo, iba e viña por camiños e carreiros recollendo canta alcontraba para facer esterco
- 1927, X. Lesta Meis, Estebo, A Coruña: Lar, page 106:
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References[edit]
- “esterco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “sterc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “esterco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “esterco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “esterco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese esterco, from Latin stercus.
Noun[edit]
esterco m (plural estercos)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “esterco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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