liñó

See also: lino, Lino, Linô, liño, lǐno, and ḽiṋo

Galician

Alternative forms

• liñol, liñón

Etymology

From Latin līneolus (“little string”), a diminutive of līnea (“a linen thread; string”), from Latin līnum (“flax; string”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈɲɔ/

Noun

liñó m (plural liñós)

A Galician vineyard. Note the strings.

1. string
   • 1339, Graña Cid, edited by M. Mar, Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500), page 127:

     que a deuedes dar chantada de vina et ben fercada et [...] con forcas et linoos ao pelongo et latas ao traues

     you should plant vines and have it correctly kept [...] with gallows and strings all along, and beams crosswise

2. row or line of mown grass

Synonyms

• (string): cordel, liña
• (row of grass): gaveleiro, maraño, rengue

Related terms

• liña
• liño

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “liño”, 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), “liñó”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “liñó”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN