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Galician
Etymology
Unclear. Attested since the 15th century; perhaps from Latin *catenicullum, diminutive of catēna (“chain”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
cadillo m (plural cadillos)
- thread used to tie the umbilical cord
- (in the plural, weaving) group of twelve or twenty-four threads that are warped
- (archaic) skein
1474, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 67:Iten, preçaron duas toallas e hua azarella e hua sauaa e dous cadillos e hun saquo e hua manta vella e hua azarella em oytenta maravedis- Item, the apprised two towels and an azarella and a shit and two skeins and a sack and an old blanket and a azarella in eighty maravedis
- umbilical cord
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cadillo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cadil”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cadillo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “cadillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cadillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. cadilleira.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin catellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈdiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kaˈdiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈdiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈdiʒo/
- Syllabification: ca‧di‧llo
Noun
cadillo m (plural cadillos)
- any of certain species of plants
- greater burdock (Arctium lappa)
- beggarticks (Bidens pilosa)
- carrot bur parsley (Caucalis platycarpos)
- wild teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
- catchweed (Galium aparine)
- corn buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)
- southern sandbur (Cenchrus echinatus)
- puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)
- broadleaf false carrot (Turgenia latifolia)
- wart
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