nobelo
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Nobelos
Galician
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese novelo, lovelo, from Late Latin lubellum < globellum, diminutive from Latin globus. Cognate with Portuguese novelo and Spanish ovillo.
Pronunciation
Noun
nobelo m (plural nobelos)
- ball of thread, yarn; ball-shaped skein
- 1474, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 71:
- Iten, preçaron novelos de laa para azarelas em çinquoenta e sey mrs.
- Item, they apprised some balls of wool, for towels, in fifty and six maravedis
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nobelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nobelo”, 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), “nobelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nobelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN