restrollo

Galician

Alternative forms

• rastrollo, restollo, rostrollo

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *restuclu < *restucŭlum (compare Portuguese restolho, Spanish rastrojo, Catalan rostoll, Occitan restolh, cf. also southern Italian dialectal restuccio), variant of *restupŭlum (compare Catalan and Occitan restoble), from a verb *restupulāre, from stupula, alteration of Latin stipula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [resˈtɾoʎʊ]

Noun

restrollo m (plural restrollos)

1. (collective) stubble

   Synonyms: restreba, restroballo

Usage notes

Restreba is the most common term in northern Galicia for stubble, whilst restrollo is more frequent in the south.

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “restrollo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “restrollo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “restrollo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “restrollo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.