cómaro

Galician

Alternative forms

  • cómbaro

Etymology

Attested in local Latin documents at least since 910. Its etymology is debated; most probably it derives from substrate.[1] If related to Old Irish comar (co-ploughing),[2] then probably from Proto-Celtic *kom (with, co-) + Proto-Celtic *aro-, the latter from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (to ploug).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoma̝ɾo̝/

Noun

cómaro m (plural cómaros)

  1. strip of land in between two contiguous farm plots
    • 1271, José-Luis Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 249:
      deuemos esta herdade de suso a de finar fielmente quanta e qual en paz e por quaes terminos e por quaes comaros e por quaes marcos
      we must faithfully and peaceably end [delimit?] the aforementioned property, by its limits, and by its cómaros, and by its landmarks
    Synonym: arró
  2. strip of land around a farm plot usually left fallow
    Synonym: arró
  3. hedge (ridge in between two contiguous plots of land)
    Synonym: arró

Derived terms

  • comareiro

References

  • comaro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • comaro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • comaro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • cómaro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cómaro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. marcar.
  2. eDIL s.v. comar <dil.ie/10733>
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