escoura

Galician

Alternative forms
  • escoira

Etymology

From a local Vulgar Latin scauria, with the derivative scaureta already attested in Medieval Latin charters since the 9th century; perhaps from a substrate language, or from Latin scoria under the influence of a substrate.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /esˈkowɾa̝/

Noun

escoura f (plural escouras)

  1. slag
  2. scum
  3. (geology) scoria

Derived terms
  • Escoira
  • Escoureda
  • Escouredo
  • Escourido
  • Escurido

References
  • “escour” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “escoura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “escoura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “escoura” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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