chocallo

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

from choca +‎ -allo, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (bell): compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog.[1]

Cognate with Portuguese chocalho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃoˈkaʎo̝/

Noun

chocallo m (plural chocallos)

  1. cowbell
    Synonyms: choca, cinzarra

References

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