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.[1] 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

References
  • “esqueeyra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “esqueeyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “esqueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “esqueira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “esqueira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “escala”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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