Noun: orxo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | orxo |
| Plural m | orxos |
Sample Sentences
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de quanto centeo e auea e orjo labraren en ese Regengo ha de auer o arcobispo ou seu mayordomo a meadad despois que os labradores tomaren o seu dereito (of all the rye, oat and barley that they would grow in this crown's possession, the archbishop or his steward must have half of it, after the laborers have taken their parts) [1331, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 542:]
Nouns inflected like orxo
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese orjo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin hordeum (“barley”). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
orjo', Latin Nouns '
hordeum'.
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