cortegada

Etymology

From Latin cortex (“bark”) +‎ -ada, which has a collective meaning. Compare alto Latin Corticata, today Galician Cortegada, perhaps meaning "covered with cork oaks".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [koɾteˈɣaðɐ]

Noun

cortegada f (plural cortegadas)

(nautical) set of floaters of a fishing net

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References

Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cortegada”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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), “cortegada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cortegada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN