meiriño
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since the 13th century. From Medieval Latin majorinus, from maior (“greater”). Cognate with Portuguese meirinho and Spanish merino.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meiriño m (plural meiriños)
- (historical) bailiff, reeve
- merino sheep
Derived terms edit
- Meiriño (surname)
References edit
- “meyrino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “meyrino” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “meyriño” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “meiriño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “meiriño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.