cerviño
See also: Cerviño
Galician
Etymology 1
14th century. From Latin cervīnus (“tawny”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɛɾβiɲo̝/
Adjective
cerviño m (feminine singular cerviña, masculine plural cerviños, feminine plural cerviñas)
- (dated) tawny
- 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90:
- os quaes roçiins era huun delles ven preto con hun signal enna testa et ho outro ben çerbyño con huna mancha enna testa
- one of that horses was really dark, with a signal in his front, and the other was tawny with a spot in his front
- os quaes roçiins era huun delles ven preto con hun signal enna testa et ho outro ben çerbyño con huna mancha enna testa
- 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90:
Derived terms
- Cerviño
Etymology 2
From cervo (“deer”) + -iño (“little”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɛɾβiɲo̝/
Noun
cerviño m (plural cerviños)
- fawn (young deer)
References
- “cerviño” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “cerviño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cerviño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.