manlle
Galician
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Peasants using manlles ("flails") to thresh cereal
Alternative forms
- mal, malle, mallo, manle
Etymology
From Latin manualis (“manual”); cognate with Portuguese mangual.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmanʎe̝/
Noun
manlle m (plural manlles)
- flail
- handle of the flail
- Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca
- hammer
References
- “manlle” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “manlle” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.