aollar
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *adoculāre, from ad- + oclus, from Latin oculus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.o.ˈʎaɾ/
Verb
aollar
- to evil-eye (to cast an evil eye upon someone or something)
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Alfonso X of Castile, B 461: Direi-vos eu dun ric'ome (facsimile)
- [E] Ao colo o atou / Ental que o nõ aolhaſſen
- [And] he tied it to his neck / So that nobody could cast an evil eye upon it
- [E] Ao colo o atou / Ental que o nõ aolhaſſen
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Alfonso X of Castile, B 461: Direi-vos eu dun ric'ome (facsimile)
- to look
Related terms
- ollo
Descendants
- Galician: ollar
- Mirandese: oulhar
- Portuguese: olhar