gándara

Galician
A Gándara, Artes, Ribeira

Alternative forms

Etymology

13th century. Already attested in local Medieval Latin as gandara and gandera; from a substrate language, and related to Alemannic German Gand (“scree”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡanda̝ɾa̝/

Noun

gándara f (plural gándaras)

  1. type of unproductive wetland, of alluvial origin, rich in gravel and sand
  2. flat wet terrain
    • 1296, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1189:
      et commo se vay pe-lo camino, et pe-lo meo logo da gandara que vos lavrastes
      and as it goes along the path, and as it goes through the middle of the wetland that you ploughed

Derived terms
  • Gándara
  • Gándara Longa
  • Gándaras
  • Gándarela
  • Gandariña
  • Gandarón
  • Gandarouta
  • Gandarrozada
  • Gandra
  • Granda
  • Grandela
  • Grandameá

References
  • “gandara” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “gandara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “gándara” 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. gándara.
  2. Lapesa, Rafael (2004), Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. gandera.
  3. Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, pages 52-53.
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