centeo
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese centẽo, from Latin centēnus (“a hundred things”), from centum (“a hundred”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Portuguese centeio, Spanish centeno.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
centeo m (uncountable)
- rye (grass or its grains as food)
- 1269, Miguel Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 928:
- duas tercias de centeo et ha hua de serodeo et hun sesteiro de triigo
- two thirds of rye and one of late cereal and a sixth of wheat
Adjective edit
centeo (feminine centea, masculine plural centeos, feminine plural centeas)
- of rye
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “centeo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “centeo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “centeo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “centeo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “centeo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.