folello

Galician

Folellos

Etymology

15th century. From Vulgar Latin *folliclus, contracted form of Latin folliculus, diminutive form of follis (“purse, sack”). Compare the borrowed doublet folículo.

Cognate with Spanish hollejo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈleʎo̝/

Noun

folello m (plural folellos)

1. (dated) skin or membrane in between organs
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 95:

     Se se faz o inchaço dos colloos por rrazon dos entestinos que caen eno messen, que he huun follello dontre elles et os colloõs

     if there is inflammation in the testicles because of the intestines that fall in the mesentery, i.e., the membrane in between them and the testicles

2. corn husk

   Synonyms: casula, follato, pena

References

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