cerviño

See also: Cerviño

Galician

Etymology 1

14th century. From Latin cervīnus (“tawny”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɛɾˈβiɲo̝/

Adjective

cerviño (feminine 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

• Cerviño

Related terms

• cerviña

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.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cerviño”, 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), “cerviño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega