milgrandeira

Galician
Milgrandeira

Etymology

15th century. Ultimatelly from Latin mālogrānātum + -eira.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /milɣɾanˈdejɾa̝/

Noun

milgrandeira f (plural milgrandeiras)

  1. pomegranate (Punica granatum)
    Synonym: milgranda
    • 1446, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 180:
      Outrosy que a dita miña yrmáa Eynés Gonçales que aja a milgradeira que está ao canto da casa do dito Aluaro Afonso, notario, e vna ouliueira que está en'cabo da dita orta
      Also, that my aforementioned sister Inés Gonzalez could have the pomegranate tree that is by the house of the aforementioned Álvaro Afonso, notary, and an olive tree that is by this garden
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References
  • “milgradeira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “milgrandeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
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