abelá
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (“filbert, hazelnut”), from nux abellana ("nut from Avella"), from Abella (Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy). Cognate with Portuguese avelã and Spanish avellana.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abelá f (plural abelás)
- hazelnut
- (countable and uncountable) hazel (a greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut)
- abelá:
- 1321, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 119:
- duas cruses vnna blanca et vnna auelaa
- two crosses, one white and one hazel
Related terms edit
References edit
- “avelãa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “auela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “abela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “abelá” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “abelá” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.