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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 12th century, in Latin charters. Probably from a substrate language; compare Proto-Celtic *kruttos (“round object”): Welsh crwth (“hump, hunch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cruto m (plural crutos)
- top of a conical structure, heap or mountain
- Synonyms: bico, curucho, picouto
- top or crown of the head
- Synonyms: coroa, croca, curucho
- (by extension) top or highest point of any standing object or structure
- Synonyms: irla, pericozo, picouto, toutizo, cimbro, crupela, pino
- tassel (the panicle on a male plant of maize)
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