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)

headland, unplowed boundary of a field
Synonyms: comareiro, testada
furrows made in the extremes of a farm plot, transversally to the other furrows
clog; lump
Synonym: baloco

Derived terms

cadabullar
escadabullar

References

“cadabullo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“cadabullo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“cadabullo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cada I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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