púcaro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pucaro, from Latin poculum, from Proto-Italic *pōtlom (with the instrument suffix *-tlom, that yields -culum, compare Sanskrit पात्र (pātra, “drinking vessel”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpukɐɾʊ]

Noun

púcaro m (plural púcaros)

1. small pot
2. mug used for drinking milk

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• búcaro, púcara

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pucaro, from Latin poculum, from Proto-Italic *pōtlo- (with the instrument suffix *-tlo-, that yields -culum, compare Sanskrit पात्र (pātra, “drinking vessel”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“drink”). Compare bibo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ka.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ka.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ka.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.kɐ.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: pú‧ca‧ro

Noun

púcaro m (plural púcaros)

1. a type of jug or mug, used for taking liquid from another container

Descendants

• → Spanish: búcaro
  • → Italian: bucchero, buccaro (archaic)