gromo
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
14th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin grumus. Compare Portuguese gomo.
Pronunciation
Noun
gromo m (plural gromos)
- 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
- 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
- circa 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 30:
- sprout, shoot
- Synonym: escote
Derived terms
References
- Template:R:DDGM
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gromo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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- “gromo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.