ervellaca

• arvellaca, ervelloca, ervillaca
• ervilhaca (reintegrationist)

From ervella (“pea”) (compare also fabaca, from faba, "bean"). Cognate with Portuguese ervilhaca.

• IPA^(key): /eɾβeˈʎaka̝/

ervellaca f (plural ervellacas)

1. vetch (Vicia sativa)

   Synonym: fabaca

   • 1276, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 375:

     dedes ende a nos cada ano VI taleigas de çenteo et IIIes de millo et I d'orgo per taleiga et fanega de Ribadauia; et este pan deue a seer qual o Deus der no logar et seer linpo de palla et de poo, d'eruellada et de mosceyra, et deue a seer ben seco et ben linpo et bõõ pan

     So to give us each year 6 bushels of rye and 3 of millet and 1 of barley, as measured by the bushel of Ribadavia; and this grain must be whatever God gives at that place, clean of chaff and dust, of vetch and unripe cereal, very dry and very clean and good cereal

2. yellow pea (Lathyrus aphaca)

• Ervellaqueira

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “eruell”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ervellaca”, 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), “ervellaca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ervellaca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN