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cadabullo

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Galician

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps from cavadullo, from cavar (to dig, hoe); or rather from Latin capitolium, from caput (head).[1]

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Noun

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cadabullo m (plural cadabullos)

  1. headland, unplowed boundary of a field
    Synonyms: comareiro, testada
  2. furrows made in the extremes of a farm plot, transversally to the other furrows
  3. clog; lump
    Synonym: baloco

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cada I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos