bacalhau
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bacalhau (uncountable)
- Dried salted cod.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch bakeljauw, bakkeljauw, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Late Latin baccalaureus, baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Or, possibly from Basque bakailao. The Basque term may be either the source or the descendant of Dutch kabeljauw, cognates would then include French cabillaud and German Kabeljau.
Cognate to Italian baccalà, Spanish bacalao, Catalan bacallà.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aw
- Hyphenation: ba‧ca‧lhau
Noun edit
bacalhau m (plural bacalhaus)
- cod
- (Portugal, colloquial) vagina (woman's genitalia)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations
- (Portugal, colloquial) handshake (grasping of hands by two people)
- Synonyms: aperto de mão, (Portugal, informal) passou-bem
Descendants edit
- → Hawaiian: pakaliao
- → Dutch: bakkeljauw
- → Shona: bakayau
References edit
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- bacalhau on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt