andosco

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin *annoticus, with change of suffix from Latin annotinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [anˈdoskʊ]

Noun

andosco m (plural andoscos, feminine andosca, feminine plural andoscas)

1. lamb

   Synonyms: año, cordeiro, rexelo

2. (figured, literary) rogue, rascal, scoundrel

References

• “andosco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “andosco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “andosco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from an earlier *anozgo, from a Vulgar Latin *annoticus, with change of suffix from Latin annotinus (whence Romanian noaten (“yearling sheep”)).

Adjective

andosco (feminine andosca, masculine plural andoscos, feminine plural andoscas)

1. Older than a year but not much older than two. (of livestock, especially sheep)

Derived terms

• trasandosco

 

See also

• primal

Further reading

• “andosco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014