esqueira

Galician

Esqueiras. Iron Age, San Cibrao de Las, Galicia

Esqueiras inside a traditional house, O Piornedo, Galicia

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese escaeyra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae. Doublet of escaleira, and cognate with Spanish escalera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkejɾa̝/, /esˈkɛjɾa̝/

Noun

esqueira f (plural esqueiras)

1. ladder

   Synonyms: escada, escala

2. flight of steps

   Synonym: escaleira

Derived terms

• Esqueira

Related terms

• esqueiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esqueeyra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esqueeyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esqueira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “esqueira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esqueira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN