Topónimos costeiros da ría de Cedeira

Abstract

[Resumo] No presente traballo recóllense e estúdanse cento trinta e tres topónimos pertencentes a un pequeno treito da costa galega, o comprendido pola ría de Cedeira. As denominacións foron recollidas directamente da fala dos mariñeiros da zona, con todas as súas variantes e tal como eles as empregan e pronuncian, sen aplicar, xa que logo, ningún criterio normativizador. O estudo divídese en dúas partes fundamentais: na primeira, de carácter puramente descritivo, rexístranse ortograficamente e en transcrición fonética os topónimos para sometelos a continuación a unha clasificación e análise morfolóxica, semántica e mesmo sociolingüística. E, finalmente, na segunda parte faise un estudo etimolóxico de cada un dos topónimos, distribuídos en tres estratos cronolóxico-lingüísticos diferentes: latinos anteriores á formación do galego, latino-medievais e romances, incluíndo nestes últimos non só os propiamente galegos, senón tamén os –máis recentes– traídos do castelán ou influenciados por el.

[Abstract] In this paper 133 place-names from Cedeira, a small area on the galician north-west coast, were taken directly from the fishermen’s local speech. All the place-names were recorded in their original pronunciation as they are commonly used by the locals without applying any normative filter. The study is divided into two parts. In the first part the place-names are registered taking into account their spelling and phonetic transcription as well as their classification in terms of morphological, semantic and socio-linguistic analyses. In the second part, an etymological study of each place-name is made. They are classified into three diachronic-linguistic categories: included in category one are those of Latin origin which were introduced before the formation of Galician language. In category two, those introduced during the formation of Romance languages in medieval times. Those of Galician origin and those taken from Spanish or influenced by this language are classified as belonging to the third category.