gromo

Galician

Alternative forms

• gomo

Etymology

14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin grumus. Compare Portuguese gomo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾomo̝/

Noun

gromo m (plural gromos)

1. bud
   • circa 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 30:

     Et nõ catou al senõ aquel fuste que era seco et logo se tornou verde, et meteu gromos cõ follas de seu froyto de azeytunas

     And he saw nothing but that wooden log that was dry and then it turned green, and it put [?] buds with leaves of its fruit of olives

   Synonyms: bertón, botón, brote, grelo, rebento

2. sprout, shoot

   Synonym: escote

Derived terms

• agromar

References

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