orxo

See also: órxo

Galician

Orxo

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese orjo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin hordeum (“barley”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾʃo̝/, /ˈɔɾʃo̝/

Noun

orxo m (plural orxos)

1. barley
   • 1331, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra. Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 542:

     de quanto centeo e auea e orjo labraren en ese Regengo ha de auer o arcobispo ou seu mayordomo a meadad despois que os labradores tomaren o seu dereito

     of all the rye, oat and barley that they would grow in this crown's possession, the archbishop or his steward must have half of it, after the laborers have taken their parts

   Synonym: cebada

Derived terms

• Orxeira (place name)
• Orxeiro (place name)
• Orxais (place name)
• Orxal (place name)
• Orxás (place name)

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “orjo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “orxo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.