ervellaca
Galician
Alternative forms
- arvellaca, ervelloca, ervillaca
- ervilhaca (reintegrationist)
Etymology
From ervella (“pea”) (compare also fabaca, from faba, "bean"). Cognate with Portuguese ervilhaca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɾβeˈʎaka̝/
Noun
ervellaca f (plural ervellacas)
- vetch (Vicia sativa)
- Synonym: fabaca
- 1276, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 375:
- dedes ende a nos cada ano VI taleigas de çenteo et IIIes de millo et I d'orgo per taleiga et fanega de Ribadauia; et este pan deue a seer qual o Deus der no logar et seer linpo de palla et de poo, d'eruellada [eruellaca] et de mosceyra, et deue a seer ben seco et ben linpo et bõõ pan
- So to give us each year 6 bushels of rye and 3 of millet and 1 of barley, as measured by the bushel of Ribadavia; and this grain must be whatever God gives at that place, clean of chaff and dust, of vetch and unripe cereal, very dry and very clean and good cereal
- yellow pea (Lathyrus aphaca)
Derived terms
- Ervellaqueira
References
- “eruell” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ervellaca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ervellaca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ervellaca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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