ariño

See also: arino

Galician

Alternative forms
  • arinho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

14th century. Perhaps from area (“sand”) +‎ -iño, diminutive.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈɾiɲo̝/

Noun

ariño m (plural ariños)

  1. sandy island or sandbank in the lower course of the Minho river
    Synonyms: barra, lombo, taro
    • 1319, Ermelindo Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Una sociedad en expansión y en la crisis, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 393:
      vos que ayades esa renda da dizima dos savees e do pescado que y sayr en vossa vida e despos vosa morte que fique a nos o dito arynno
      you should have this rent of a tenth of the shads and of the fish that is captured there, in your life, and after your death this sandbank should return to us

References
  • “arynno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ariño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
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