Noun: coiro
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | coiro |
| Plural m | coiros |
uncountable
Sample Sentences
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o par de çapatos de vaca nobos et sobre solados et tacoados e ben coseytos e de boas solas e peças e boa liña e boo coiro (the pair of new cow shoes, with over sole, tacked, well sewn, with good soles and pieces and good thread and good leather) [1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 126:]
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Et el tragía en sua mão hũ arco, en que nõ auj́a madeyra, mays era todo feyto de coyros cruus et de neruos engrudidos per grãde arte et per grã maestría (He was carrying a bow in his hand, not made of wood, but completely made with crude hides and glued tendons, with great art and great mastery) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 398:]
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este pandeiro que toco
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por moito que repenique
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non teñas medo que rache (this tambourine I play,
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no matter how much I drum it,
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have no fear, it won't break,
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'cause is made of tyrant skin) [1977, Suso Vaamonde / traditional, Ua! (song)]
Nouns inflected like coiro
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coiro, from Latin corium, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-. Compare Portuguese couro, Spanish cuero and French cuir. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
coiro', Old Portuguese Nouns '
coiro', Latin Nouns '
corium', Portuguese Nouns '
couro', Spanish Nouns '
cuero', French Nouns '
cuir'.
Verbs referencing "coiro"
Portuguese Nouns
couro.
Translations