callao
See also: Callao
Asturian
Galician
Coios, callaos, pelouros
Alternative forms
- callau
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kalyāwo- (“stone”), either from a local Celtic substrate or a borrowing from Old French or Old Occitan. Confer French caillou.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈʎao̯/
Noun
callao m (plural callaos)
- pebble
- a middle sized fragment of stone
- 1905, Antonio López Ferreiro, O niño de pombas, page 5:
- bateu n-unha corredoira en forma de embudo, ancha na entrada, estreita no cabo, no cal a cerraba un valo de terra e callaus
- he ended in a funnelled sunken lane, wide in the entrance, narrow in the other extreme where it was closed by a wall made of earth and stones
- bateu n-unha corredoira en forma de embudo, ancha na entrada, estreita no cabo, no cal a cerraba un valo de terra e callaus
- 1905, Antonio López Ferreiro, O niño de pombas, page 5:
- a frozen lump of earth
References
- “callao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “callao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “callao” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. callao.
Spanish
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