cairo

From Latin dente canario (“canine tooth”).

• queiro

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾo̝/

cairo m (plural cairos)

1. fang

• cabeiro
• canino

Perhaps from Latin corium (“hide, peel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾo̝/

cairo m (feminine singular caira, masculine plural cairos, feminine plural cairas)

1. tailless, naked (a hen, a chicken)

• escairar (“to peel”)

Perhaps from *caurius, from Latin caurus (“north-west wind”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). In that case, it would be a cognate with English shower.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾo̝/

cairo m (plural cairos)

1. downpour

• “cairo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cairo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cairo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cairo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “queiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.