garabullo

Galician

Alternative forms

• gharabullo, carabullo, crabullo, grabullo

Etymology

From a substrate language, perhaps from the same origin that carba and carballo; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥-wós (compare Latin curvus, "bent").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾaˈβuʎo̝/

Noun

garabullo m (plural garabullos)

1. a small twig; a piece of brushwood

   Synonyms: cando, garabato, garabito, garabizo, guizo

Derived terms

• garabato
• garabito
• garabizo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “garau”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garabullo”, 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), “garabullo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garabullo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN