# coiro
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* couro, cuiro

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coiro, from Latin corium, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-. Compare Portuguese couro, Spanish cuero and French cuir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkoj.ɾʊ]

### Noun

coiro m (plural coiros)
* leather
** 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 126:o par de çapatos de vaca nobos et sobre solados et tacoados e ben coseytos e de boas solas e peças e boa liña e boo coirothe pair of new cow shoes, with over sole, tacked, well sewn, with good soles and pieces and good thread and good leather
* hide
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 398:Et el tragía en sua mão hũ arco, en que nõ auj́a madeyra, mays era todo feyto de coyros cruus et de neruos engrudidos per grãde arte et per grã maestríaHe was carrying a bow in his hand, not made of wood, but completely made with crude hides and glued tendons, with great art and great mastery
    Synonym: pelica
* skin
** 1977, Suso Vaamonde / traditional, Ua! (song):
    este pandeiro que toco por moito que repenique non teñas medo que rache que é de coiro de caciquethis tambourine I play, no matter how much I drum it, have no fear, it won't break, 'cause is made of tyrant skin
    Synonym: pel

#### Derived terms

* coira
* coiracha
* coiracho
* coiro cabeludo
* coirudo
* en coiros
* encoirar
* ser do coiro do trasno

#### Related terms

* coiraza

### References

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

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin corium, with metathesis.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ojɾo

### Noun

coiro m (plural coiros)
* leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)

#### Descendants

* Galician: coiro
* Portuguese: couro, coiro (older form)

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "coiro"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coiro, from Latin corium.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkoj.ɾu/ [ˈkoɪ̯.ɾu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkoj.ɾu/ [ˈkoɪ̯.ɾu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkoj.ɾo/ [ˈkoɪ̯.ɾo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkoj.ɾu/
* Rhymes: -ojɾu
* Hyphenation: coi‧ro

### Noun

coiro m (plural coiros)
* Alternative form of couro

#### Derived terms

* couro