cadabullo

Galician

Alternative forms

  • cabadullo, cadrullo, cadullo, coudullo

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from cavadullo, from cavar (to dig, hoe); or rather from Latin capitolium, from caput (head).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaðaˈβuʎʊ]

Noun

cadabullo m (plural cadabullos)

  1. headland, unplowed boundary of a field
    Synonyms: comareiro, testada
  2. furrows made in the extremes of a farm plot, transversally to the other furrows
  3. clog; lump
    Synonym: baloco

Derived terms

  • cadabullar
  • escadabullar

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cada I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos