mallo

mallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mallar

• mallu (dialectal)

Borrowed from North Germanic (compare Old Norse malr).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑlːo/, [ˈmɑ̝lːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːo
• Syllabification^(key): mal‧lo

mallo

1. (dialectal, Tavastia, South Ostrobothnia) Synonym of länkipatja (“horse collar cushion”)
2. (dialectal, obsolete, Tavastia, South Ostrobothnia) Synonym of säkki (“sack”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʎo̝/

From Latin malleus (“mallet”).

mallo m (plural mallos)

1. large mallet; sledgehammer
   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 139:

     em casa de Tare estaua aymage de Ulcano, feyta amaneyra de ferreyro, et hũ grande mallo ẽnas [maaos]

     in Tare's house there was an image of Vulcan, made in the manner of a blacksmith, holding a large hammer in his hands

• mallar
• mallega
• malleira

From malle (“flail”), from Latin manualis (“manual”), influenced by Latin malleus (“hammer”). Cognate with Portuguese mangual. Alternative forms include manlle, manle, mal.

mallo m (plural mallos)

1. flail
2. handle of the flail

   Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca

mallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mallar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mallo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “mallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: màl‧lo

mallo m (plural malli)

1. cupule
2. (botany) husk, hull, shell

• molla

From Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.loː/, [ˈmälːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.lo/, [ˈmälːo]

mallō m (genitive mallōnis); third declension

1. The stem of onions
2. (pathology) A kind of tumor on the knees of animals

Third-declension noun.

• “mallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Syllabification: ma‧llo

Borrowed from Portuguese malho, from Latin malleus. Replaced Old Spanish majo, inherited from the same source.

mallo m (plural mallos)

1. mallet
2. a kind of game

mallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mallar

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “majar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 776

• “mallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28