corredoira

See also: Corredoira

Galician

Alternative forms

• corredoura

Corredoira, Triacastela, Galicia

Etymology

From local Medieval Latin viam curritoriam, documented in 1106: compare curritorium (“covered way into buildings”); derived from currō (“I run”) or currus (“chariot, wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”), + -doiro from Latin -torium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koreˈðojɾa̝/

Noun

corredoira f (plural corredoiras)

1. lane, traditional road just wide enough for a cart or a wagon, usually sided by fences, walls, hedges or trees

   Synonyms: carreira, congostra

   • 1314, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos. Colección documental, A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 253:

     agro que chaman da Penna, que iaz en Canido, commo departe das leyras que foron de Pedro Vidal et do caminno da corredoira

     the field that they call of the Rock, which is in Canido, as it goes from the plots that belonged to Pedro Vidal and of the pathway of the lane.

2. genet (mammal of the genus Genetta)

   Synonyms: algaria, rabilongo, rebisaco, gato algario

Derived terms

• Corredoira
• Corredoura

References

• “corredoira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “corredo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “corredoira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “corredoira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “corredoira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.