almallo

Galician

Alternative forms

• almalho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese almallo, probably from Latin animalium, via a medieval *anmallo; attested as almalio and animalio since the 9th century. Cognate with Portuguese almalho, Spanish alimaña, French armaille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmaʎo̝/

Noun

almallo m (plural almallos, feminine almalla, feminine plural almallas)

1. bull
   • 1433, Lucas Alvarez, Manuel & Justo Martín, María José (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 332:

     Item trago en cas de Fernan de Gyndil as cartas de duas vacas et de hun almallo et de hun boy manso

     Item, I have in the house of Fernán de Xendil the charters of two cows, a bull, and a tame ox

   • 1851, José García Mosquera, Poesías, Ourense: La Región, page 76:

     Cando o indómito almallo Napoleón Bonaparte prantar o seu estandarte no chao de Roma tentou [...]

     When the untamed bull, Napoleon Bonaparte, tried to plant his standard on the ground of Rome [...]

   Synonym: colludo

2. calf, young ox

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “almallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “almallo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “almallo”, 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), “almallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “almallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN