orela

Galician

By the seashore / I watched her pass by / a star in her front / a song in the mouth

Alternative forms

• aurela, ourela

Etymology

13th century. From Latin ōra (“border”) + the diminutive suffix -ela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾɛla̝/

Noun

orela m (plural orelas)

1. border, rim, limit
   • 1307, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada/A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 440:

     hun calez de prata d'un marco et meo, que seia laurado et dourado arredor nas orelas

     a silver chalice of a mark and a half, which should be carved and gilded in its rims

   Synonyms: beira, bordo

2. shore, bank

   Synonyms: beiramar, ribeira

   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 791:

     ourela do rrio

     bank of the river

3. (archaelogy) popular denomination of the risen perimeter of the local Iron Age hill-forts

   Synonyms: coroa, roda

Derived terms

• Orela
• ourelar
• oureleiro
• ourelo

References

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• “orela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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• “ourela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.