mallo

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʎo̝/

From Latin malleus (“mallet”).

mallo m (plural mallos)

1. large mallet; sledgehammer
   • 1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 139:

     em casa de Tare estaua aymage de Ulcano, feyta amaneyra de ferreyro, et hũ grande mallo ẽnas [maaos]

     in Tare's house there was an image of Vulcan, made in the manner of a blacksmith, holding a large hammer in his hands

• mallar
• mallega
• malleira

a reenactment

From malle (“flail”), from Latin manualis (“manual”), influenced by Latin malleus (“hammer”). Cognate with Portuguese mangual. Alternative forms include manlle, manle, mal.

mallo m (plural mallos)

1. flail
2. handle of the flail

   Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca

• “mallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mallo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mallo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• Rhymes: -allo

mallo m (plural malli)

1. cupule
2. (botany) husk, hull, shell

• molla

From Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.loː/

mallō m (genitive mallōnis); third declension

1. The stem of onions
2. (pathology) A kind of tumor on the knees of animals

Third declension.

• mallo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

From Latin malleus.

mallo m (plural mallos)

1. mallet
2. a kind of game