orxo

See also: órxo

Galician

Orxo

Alternative forms

• orjo (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese orjo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin hordeum (“barley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾʃo̝/, /ˈɔɾʃo̝/

Noun

orxo m (plural orxos)

1. barley

   Synonym: cebada

   • 1331, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 542:

     de quanto centeo e auea e orjo labraren en ese Regengo ha de auer o arcobispo ou seu mayordomo a meadad despois que os labradores tomaren o seu dereito

     of all the rye, oat and barley that they would grow in this crown's possession, the archbishop or his steward must have half of it, after the laborers have taken their parts

Derived terms

• Orxeira (place name)
• Orxeiro (place name)
• Orxais (place name)
• Orxal (place name)
• Orxás (place name)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “orjo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “orjo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “orxo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “orxo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “orxo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN