poio

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpojo̝/

Noun

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

Derived terms

References
  • “poyo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “poyo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “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.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin podium. Compare the borrowed doublet pódio.

Pronunciation

Noun

poio m (plural poios)

  1. (rare, obsolete) hill, hillock
  2. (figuratively) dunghill, heap of manure
  3. plateau, platform
  4. (Portugal) terrace

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

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