/ˈkojɾo/, [ˈkoj.ɾʊ]
OrixeInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coiro, from Latin corium, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-. Compare Portuguese couro, Spanish cuero and French cuir.
- masculine, uncountableleather (material)
“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 coiro” — the pair of new cow shoes, with over sole, tacked, well sewn, with good soles and pieces and good thread and good leather
- masculinehide
“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 maestría” — He 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
- masculineskin
“este pandeiro que toco
por moito que repenique
non teñas medo que rache” — this tambourine I play,
no matter how much I drum it,
have no fear, it won't break,
'cause is made of tyrant skin
Formascoiros(plural) · couro(alternative) · cuiro(alternative)