remuíño

Galician

Alternative forms
  • derremuño, redemuíño, redemuño, remuín, remuniño, remuño

Etymology

From re- (“again”) +‎ muíño (“mill”). Compare Portuguese remoinho, Spanish remolino.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /remuˈiɲo̝/

Noun

remuíño m (plural remuíños)

  1. vortex, whirlpool, whirlwind, dust devil
  2. eddy (air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current)
  3. (hair) cowlick

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