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Galician
Etymology
Unknown: from Medieval Latin tuellus, perhaps from Latin tubus (“tube”) or from a term related to tofus (“tuff”).[1] Compare Spanish tobillo.
Pronunciation
Noun
toelo m (plural toelos)
- (archaic) marrow
1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 155:Aconteçe aynda que a solla da huña que anda soo pee, anda por tanto tenpo desfferrada por llugarres montossos, duros, pedregossos que se escomen et sse ffaz tam ssotil porllo grande vssamento, que naturalmente non pode deffender o tuello de dentro assy como deue.- And it can even happen that the sole of the hoof under the feet goes for much time shoeless through wild, harsh, stony places, so that it is worn out and becomes so subtle, because of the use, that naturally it can no longer defend the marrow inside as it must
- gypsum; alabaster
2008, Guillermo Llorca Freire, Ferrol: memoria da vida cotiá, page 263:Confeccionaba os xabonciños a partir dunha bola de toelo, unha especie de mármore brando, que se colle pola zona das canteiras de serpentina- He made his savonnetts from a lump of toelo, kind of a soft marble that they take around the serpentine quarrels
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tuello”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toelo”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “tuelo”, 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), “toelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. tobo.