# peneira
## Galician
### Etymology 1

13th century. From Vulgar Latin *pinnaria, from Latin pinna (“feather”). Note that medieval Galician pena meant "pelt". Cognate with Portuguese peneira and Asturian peñera.

#### Alternative forms

* pineira

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈnejɾa̝/

#### Noun

peneira f (plural peneiras)
* sieve usually used to sift flour
** 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 342:It. hua peneyra vellaItem, an old sieve
** 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV), doc. D40a:
    Hun saco cheo de farina triiga, tres peneyras, hun restrello, dous odresA sack full of wheat flour, three sieves, a heap of chestnuts, two goatskins
    Synonyms: criba, baruto, bortel, xirgo
* abalone, ear shell
    Synonym: orella de mar

##### Derived terms

* peneirar (“to sieve”)

##### Related terms

* pena (“pelt”)

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “peneyra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peneyr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peneira”, 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), “peneira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peneira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. peneira.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

peneira
* inflection of peneirar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈne(j).ɾɐ/ [peˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈne(j).ɾɐ/ [peˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /peˈne(j).ɾa/ [peˈne(ɪ̯).ɾa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈnej.ɾɐ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈnej.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈne.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: pe‧nei‧ra

### Etymology 1

Unknown

#### Noun

peneira f (plural peneiras)
* sieve (device to separate larger objects)
    Synonyms: coador, crivo, joeira
* (figurative) something which selects the best and filters out the rest

##### Derived terms

* peneiração
* peneirada
* peneirado
* peneirador
* peneiragem
* peneiramento
* peneirar
* peneireiro
* peneiro
* tapar o sol com a peneira

##### Descendants

* Kadiwéu: beneela

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

peneira
* inflection of peneirar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative