Carriño

Galician

Carro e Carriño (Big Dipper and Little Dipper)

Etymology

From Carro (“Cart”) +‎ -iño, "Little Cart".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈriɲʊ]

Noun

Carriño m (plural Carriños)

1. Little Dipper, Ursa Minor
   • 1911, Francisco Potel Pardal, Costumes da Terriña:

     víase sin nube algunha o ceo azul, víanse as estreliñas todas pendentes del, alá no medio o carriño e non moi lonxe as tres marías
     You could see, no cloud at all, the blue sky; you could see the stars, all hanging from it; there, in the middle, the Little Dipper and, not that far, the Three Sisters

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References

• “Carriño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “Carriño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “Carriño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.