cortiña

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cortynna, attested since the 9th century in local Medieval Latin documents as cortina, a Romance diminutive of Latin cōrtis (“enclosure”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koɾˈtiɲa̝/

Noun

cortiña m (plural cortiñas)

  1. vegetable garden
    Synonyms: eido, horta, nabal, nabeira

Derived terms
  • Cortiñas

References
  • “cortynna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “cortiña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “cortiña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “cortiña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cortiña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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