cabalo

Galician

Galician cabalos (horses)
cabalos

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cavalo, from Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse), of Gaulish origin. Compare Portuguese cavalo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɑˈβa.lʊ]
  • (file)

Noun

cabalo m (plural cabalos, feminine egua, feminine plural eguas)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rei dama, raíña torre, roque alfil cabalo peón

References

  • cavalo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • caualo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • cabalo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cabalo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cabalo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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