milho

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Galician

Noun

milho m (plural milhos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of millo

Further reading

  • “milho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin milium (“millet”).

Pronunciation

Noun

milho m (plural milhos)

  1. millet (a group of various types of grass or its grains)

Descendants

  • Galician: millo
  • Portuguese: milho (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ju/
  • Rhymes: -iʎu
  • Hyphenation: mi‧lho

Etymology 1

Milho

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milho (“millet”), from Latin milium (“millet”). Compare Galician millo and Spanish mijo.

Noun

milho m (plural milhos)

  1. (uncountable) maize (seeds of the plant Zea mays)
  2. a single maize seed
  3. a maize plant (Zea mays)
  4. corncob (an ear of maize)
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Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

milho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of milhar

Further reading

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