chocallo

Galician

A peliqueiro (a Galician carnivalesque character) wearing chocas or chocallos ("cowbells").

Alternative forms

• chocalho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

from choca +‎ -allo, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”): compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog.

Cognate with Portuguese chocalho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈkaʎo̝/

Noun

chocallo m (plural chocallos)

1. cowbell

   Synonyms: choca, cinzarra

References

• “chocallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chocallo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chocallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.