remuíño

• derremuño, redemuíño, redemuño, remuín, remuniño, remuño

From re- (“again”) +‎ muíño (“mill”). Compare Portuguese remoinho, Spanish remolino.

• IPA^(key): /remuˈiɲo̝/

remuíño m (plural remuíños)

1. vortex, whirlpool, whirlwind, dust devil
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 717:

     alý hu o mar fazía rremuño

     there where the sea was making a whirlpool

2. eddy (air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current)
3. (hair) cowlick

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “remuño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “redemoynos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “remuíño”, 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), “remuíño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “remuíño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN