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

    • Fala: millu
    • 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

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    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)
      Coordinate terms
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      milho

      1. first-person singular present indicative of milhar

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