bácoro
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Attested since the 13th century. Probably from a pre-Latin substrate language, whence also Catalan bacó, Old French bacon (and English bacon).[1] Cognate with Portuguese bácoro.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bácoro m (plural bácoros, feminine bácora, feminine plural bácoras)
- piglet, suckling pig
- 1301, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 52:
- A Eluira, I moyo de pan do nouo, de qual ouueren, e I bacoro
- To Elvira, one modius of grain of the new harvest, whatever species they happen to have there, and one piglet
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bacor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “bácoro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bácoro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bácoro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “bacón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possible origins include[1]:
- Hebrew בָּחוּר (bakhúr, “Jewish child; piglet”);
- Arabic البُكْس (al-buks, “young camel; veal”);
- Arabic بُكَيْرَة (bukayra), diminutive of بَكْرُن (bakrun, “bull”);
- a Germanic word related to French bacon;
- Medieval Latin bacharus.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bá‧co‧ro
Noun edit
bácoro m (plural bácoros)
- piglet, suckling pig
- Synonym: leitão
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 1932, Antenor Nascentes, Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa.