bácoro
Galician
Alternative forms
- bácaro, bacro
Etymology
Unknown. Attested since the 13th century. Probably from a pre-Latin substrate language, whence also Catalan bacó, Old French bacon (and English bacon).[1] Cognate with Portuguese bácoro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbako̝ɾo̝/
Noun
bácoro m (plural bácoros, feminine bácora, feminine plural bácoras)
- piglet, suckling pig
- 1301, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 52:
- A Eluira, I moyo de pan do nouo, de qual ouueren, e I bacoro
- To Elvira, one modius of grain of the new harvest, whatever species they happen to have there, and one piglet
- A Eluira, I moyo de pan do nouo, de qual ouueren, e I bacoro
- Synonyms: larengo, leitón, rancho, rello
- 1301, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 52:
Derived terms
- bacorelo
- bacoriño
- bacorexar
References
- “bacor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “bácoro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bácoro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bácoro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “bacón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown. Possible origins include[1]:
- Hebrew בָּחוּר (bakhúr, “Jewish child; piglet”);
- Arabic البُكْس (al-buks, “young camel; veal”);
- Arabic بُكَيْرَة (bukayra), diminutive of بَكْرُن (bakrun, “bull”);
- a Germanic word related to French bacon;
- Medieval Latin bacharus.
Cognate with Galician bácoro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.ko.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.ko.ɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈba.ku.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: bá‧co‧ro
Noun
bácoro m (plural bácoros)
- piglet, suckling pig
- Synonym: leitão
See also
- porco
References
- 1932, Antenor Nascentes, Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa.