poio

From Old Galician-Portuguese poio, from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”). Doublet of podio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpojo̝/

poio m (plural poios)

1. stone bench annexed to a house

   Synonym: poial

2. stone platform designed to rest loads along a way

   Synonym: poial

3. (archaic) hillock

• poial
• Poio

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

Inherited from Latin podium. Cognate with Old Spanish poyo.

poio m (plural poios)

1. hill, hillock

   Synonyms: monte, outeiro

• Galician: poio
• Portuguese: poio

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese poio, from Latin podium. Compare Galician poio and Spanish poyo. Doublet of pódio.

• Rhymes: -oju
• Hyphenation: poi‧o

poio m (plural poios)

1. (rare) hill, hillock
2. (figuratively) dunghill, heap of manure
3. (Madeira) terrace (a raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides used for agriculture)

   Synonym: socalco

• “poio” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “poio” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913