dondo

See also: Dondo

Galician

Alternative forms

• dondio

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From Latin domitus (“tamed”). Cognate with Spanish duendo and Asturian dondu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdondo̝/

Adjective

dondo (feminine donda, masculine plural dondos, feminine plural dondas)

1. (archaic) tamed, meek
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento":

     et fezestes los vij̃r dondos' ao arrado aos que nũqua souberã de nehũa prijon

     and you made them come, as meek ones, to the plough, they who never knew a prison

2. soft; gentle
3. flexible, pliant

Derived terms

• adondar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dondo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dondo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dondo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dondo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dondo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin domitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdondu/

Adjective

dondo

1. soft (the terrain)
   • 1285, Carta de Venta:

     todos sos derechos e petenençias, corrales, lavorias, techos, fontes, montes, felgueras, molneras, roças, devisas, lavrado e por lavrar, dondo e bravo, dientro e fora

     with all of their rights and competences, barnyards, tillages, roofs, fountains, forests, ferns, mills, shrubs, camps, tilled and to be tilled, soft and hard, inside and out

Descendants

• Asturian: dondu
• Leonese: dondiu
• Mirandese: dóndio