esquío

== Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Vulgar Latin *squirus, from sciurus (“squirrel”), from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros), perhaps attracted by Galician esquivo, esquío (“elusive”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /esˈkio̝/, (eastern) [ɪsˈkiʊ̯] ==== Noun ==== esquío m (plural esquíos) (mammal) squirrel 1399, M. Lucas Alvareze María José Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 271: === Etymology 2 === From esquivo, from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, reserved; odious”). ==== Adjective ==== esquío (feminine esquía, masculine plural esquíos, feminine plural esquías) alternative form of esquivo impoverished, scant elusive, disdainful === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== esquío first-person singular present indicative of esquiar === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “esquio”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esquio”, 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), “esquío”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esquío”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Verb === esquío first-person singular present indicative of esquiar