palleiro

Galician

Palleiro in Cerdido, Galicia

Alternative forms

• palheiro (reintegrationist)

Etymology

palla (“hay”) +‎ -eiro; cf. also Latin paleārium. Cognate with Portuguese palheiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈʎejɾo̝/

Noun

palleiro m (plural palleiros)

1. conical haystack, assembled so as to preserve the hay from wind and rain

   Home xornaleiro nin boa meda, nin bo palleiro (proverb)

   day labourer; [he won't make] neither a good heap, nor a good haystack

   ―Comes moito, non si? ―"Un palleiro non se fai sen palla"!

   ―You eat a lot, don't you? ―"It takes hay to make a haystack!"

2. dog with not known race or pedigree (back formation from can de palleiro)
3. barn; shed for storing hay

   Synonym: palleira

   • 1433, Manuel Lucas Alvarez & María José Justo Martín (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 344:

     o terreo do Vââo do Espineiro, en que ora ten Juan Martins o palleiro, e donde ora se o palleiro cabo da parede fasta outra parede de cimma de Vilachââ

     the terrain of Vao do Espiñeiro, where now Xoán Martís has his barn, from this barn, near the wall, till the other wall over Vilachán

Derived terms

• can de palleiro, a Galician breed of dog

Related terms

• palla

See also

• palleiro on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “palleiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “palleiro”, 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), “palleiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “palleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “palleiro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024