pabío

Galician

Alternative forms
  • pabio

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pavio, from Vulgar Latin *papīlus, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek. Doublet of papiro and papel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈβio̝/

Noun

pabío m (plural pabíos)

  1. candlewick
    Synonyms: matula, mecha, torcida

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