cerviño

See also: Cerviño

Galician

Etymology 1

14th century. From Latin cervīnus (tawny).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɛɾβiɲo̝/

Adjective

cerviño m (feminine singular cerviña, masculine plural cerviños, feminine plural cerviñas)

  1. (dated) tawny
    • 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90:
      os quaes roçiins era huun delles ven preto con hun signal enna testa et ho outro ben çerbyño con huna mancha enna testa
      one of that horses was really dark, with a signal in his front, and the other was tawny with a spot in his front
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From cervo (deer) + -iño (little).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɛɾβiɲo̝/

Noun

cerviño m (plural cerviños)

  1. fawn (young deer)

References

  • cerviño” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • cerviño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • cerviño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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