mazarelo

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mattearellum, from Vulgar Latin *ma(t)tea, from Latin mateola, from a Proto-Indo-European root describing similar tools: Old High German medela (“plow”), Old Church Slavonic мотыка (motyka, “mattock”), मत्य (matya, “club, harrow”).

Cognate with Portuguese maça, Spanish maza, Catalan maça, French masse, Italian mazza.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maθaˈɾɛlo̝/, (western) /masaˈɾɛlo̝/

Noun

mazarelo m (plural mazarelos)

  1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)

References
  • “mazarelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
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