cadabullo

Galician

Alternative forms

• cabadullo, cadrullo, cadullo, coudullo

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from cavadullo, from cavar (“to dig, hoe”); or rather from Latin capitolium, from caput (“head”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaðaˈβuʎʊ]

Noun

cadabullo m (plural cadabullos)

1. headland, unplowed boundary of a field

   Synonyms: comareiro, testada

2. furrows made in the extremes of a farm plot, transversally to the other furrows
3. clog; lump

   Synonym: baloco

Derived terms

• cadabullar
• escadabullar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cadabullo”, 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), “cadabullo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cadabullo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cada I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos