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)
- headland, unplowed boundary of a field
- Synonyms: comareiro, testada
- furrows made in the extremes of a farm plot, transversally to the other furrows
- clog; lump
- Synonym: baloco
Derived terms
- cadabullar
- escadabullar
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cadabullo”, 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), “cadabullo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cadabullo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ 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