Ondas e mareas: palabras que van e veñen

Abstract

This paper is a comparative set of marine terms collected from different locations along the Galician coast. Particularly, it deals with terms related to waves and tides, which were traditionally excluded from dialectological studies because of its intangible character. This collection is obtained from series of group interviews made to retired sailors in six villages, each representing one different coastal linguistic area, and is indicative of the immense variety of the Galician lexicon used to refer to the sea, to which Galicia is inextricably linked.