gándara

Galician

A Gándara, Artes, Ribeira

Alternative forms

• granda

Etymology

13th century. Already attested in local Medieval Latin as gandara and gandera; from a substrate language, and related to Alemannic German Gand (“scree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanda̝ɾa̝/

Noun

gándara f (plural gándaras)

1. type of unproductive wetland, of alluvial origin, rich in gravel and sand
2. flat wet terrain
   • 1296, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1189:

     et commo se vay pe-lo camino, et pe-lo meo logo da gandara que vos lavrastes

     and as it goes along the path, and as it goes through the middle of the wetland that you ploughed

Derived terms

• Gándara
• Gándara Longa
• Gándaras
• Gándarela
• Gandariña
• Gandarón
• Gandarouta
• Gandarrozada
• Gandra
• Granda
• Grandela
• Grandameá

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gandara”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gándara”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN