corbelo

Galician

Alternative forms

• corobelo, corubelo, crobelo, curubelo

Etymology

Attested since 1417 (corvelo). Perhaps from corvo (“crow”) +‎ -elo. Compare French corbeau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koɾˈβelʊ]

Noun

corbelo f (plural corbelos)

1. European pollock (Pollachius pollachius, younger specimens)
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas [...] a quatro dineiros cada libra

     Item, the pound of young pollocks and of mullets and of large seabasses and of seabasses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams [...], four diñeiros each pound

   Synonyms: abadexo, badexo (larger specimens)

Related terms

• corvelo

References

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