guillo

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a back-formation from aguillar or from guillame.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiʎo̝/

Noun

guillo m (plural guillos)

1. each one of the several iron wedges used by stonemasons to fracture a rock

Derived terms

• guilleira
• guillote

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “guillo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “guillo”, 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), “guillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “guillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN