cabalo

Galician
Galician cabalos (horses)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cavalo, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈβalo̝/
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Noun

cabalo m (plural cabalos, feminine egua, feminine plural eguas)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

Derived terms

See also
Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
rei raíña, dama torre, roque alfil cabalo peón

References
  • “cavalo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “caualo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “cabalo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “cabalo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cabalo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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