mazarelo

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mattearellum, from Vulgar Latin *ma(t)tea, from Latin mateola, from a Proto-Indo-European root describing similar tools: Old High German medela (“plow”), Old Church Slavonic мотыка (motyka, “mattock”), मत्य (matya, “club, harrow”).

Cognate with Portuguese maça, Spanish maza, Catalan maça, French masse, Italian mazza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maθaˈɾɛlo̝/, (western) /masaˈɾɛlo̝/

Noun

mazarelo m (plural mazarelos)

1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mazarelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega