abelá

See also: abela and Abela

Galician

Abelás ("hazelnuts")

Alternative forms

• avelã (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (“filbert, hazelnut”), from nux abellana ("nut from Avella"), from Abella (Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy). Cognate with Portuguese avelã and Spanish avellana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈla/ [a.β̞eˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧lá

Noun

abelá f (plural abelás)

1. hazelnut
2. (countable and uncountable) hazel (a greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut)

   abelá:  

   • 1321, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 119:

     duas cruses vnna blanca et vnna auelaa

     two crosses, one white and one hazel

Related terms

• Abelaído
• Abelaíndo
• Abelaira
• Abelairas
• Abelar
• Abelares
• Abeleda
• Abeledo
• Abeledos
• Abeleiras
• abeleira
• Abeleira
• Abelenda
• Abelendo
• Abraira

References

• “avelãa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “auela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “abela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abelá” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abelá” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.