couceiro

Galician

Galician cabbage: the stalk is called cañoto or couceiro

Etymology

From couce (“stump, stalk”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kowˈθejɾo̝/, (western) /kowˈsejɾo̝/

Noun

couceiro m (plural couceiros)

1. cabbage stalk

   Synonyms: cañoto, coeiro, coleiro

Derived terms

• Couceiro

Related terms

• couce
• couceira

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “couceiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “couceiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “couceiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “couceiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.