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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin ligō, ligōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈɣoŋ/, (dialectal) /liˈħoŋ/
Noun
legón m (plural legóns)
- hoe
1474, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:tres fouçiñas, e dous fouçiños, e hun legon, e hun sacho, e hun escoupere, e hua eyxola grande, e hua serra de mao, e outra eyxola de peto, e tres fouçes, e duas choquas- thee sickles, and two small sickles, a hoe, a mattock, a chisel, a large axe, a handsaw, a hatchet, three long sickles, and two cowbells
Derived terms
References
- “legon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “legon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “legón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “legón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “legón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ligōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈɡon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: le‧gón
Noun
legón m (plural legones)
- a type of hoe
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