liteira

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese liteira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Late Latin lect(u)aria < lect(u)arius, from Latin lectus. Compare Portuguese liteira, Spanish litera, Catalan llitera, French litière.

• IPA^(key): [liˈtejɾɐ]

liteira f (plural liteiras)

1. litter (platform mounted on two shafts, used for the human-powered transportation of people)
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     E se eu fora sua Ama,

     que de regalos comera

     e mais avia d'andar

     metida nunha Liteyra.

     If I was her milkmaid

     so many delicatessens I would eat

     and I would go around

     inside a litter

• leito

• “liteira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “liteyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “liteira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “liteira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Probably from Late Latin lect(u)āria < lect(u)rius, from Latin lectus. Compare Spanish litera, Catalan llitera, French litière.

liteira f (plural liteiras)

1. litter (platform mounted on two shafts, used for the human-powered transportation of people)

• leito