airoa

Finnish

Noun

airoa

1. partitive singular of airo

Galician

A trap (nasa) for catching eels

Alternative forms

• eiroa, eiró, eiroga, eirón

Etymology

Unknown. Likely from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ajˈɾɔ.ɐ]

Noun

airoa f (plural airoas)

1. eel, especially the European eel

   Synonym: anguía

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “iroas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “airoa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “airoa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “airoa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN