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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin peduclus < peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, diminutive of pēdis (“louse”). Cognate with Portuguese piolho and Spanish piojo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpjoɟo/
- Rhymes: -oɟo
- Hyphenation: pio‧llo
Noun
piollo m (plural piollos)
- louse
- (in the plural) a certain sickness that causes tongue warts in cattle
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “piollo”, 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), “piollo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “piollo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN