maio
See also: Maio
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mayo, from Latin Maius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmajo/ [ˈma̠.jʊ]
- Rhymes: -ajo
Noun
maio m (plural maios)
- May
- Maio me molla, maio me enxuga, con raza de sol e raza de chuvia (traditional song)
- May soaks me, May makes me dry, with rays of sun and gusts of rain
- (in the plural) traditional celebration held the first day of May
- vegetable construction made for this celebration
- person that during the aforementioned feast covers his or her clothes with flowers and twigs
- traditional song sing during the celebrations held the first day of May
See also
References
- “mayo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “mayo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “maio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “maio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “maio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mayo, from Latin Maius.
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