nobelo
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese novelo, lovelo, from Late Latin lubellum < globellum, diminutive from Latin globus. Cognate with Portuguese novelo and Spanish ovillo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnobelo m (plural nobelos)
- ball of thread, yarn; ball-shaped skein
- 1474, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 71:
- Iten, preçaron novelos de laa para azarelas em çinquoenta e sey mrs.
- Item, they apprised some balls of wool, for towels, in fifty and six maravedis
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nobelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “nobelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “nobelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “nobelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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