cerviño

See also: Cerviño

Galician

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈθɛɾbiɲo/ [ˈθɛɾ.β̞i.ɲʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈsɛɾbiɲo/ [ˈsɛɾ.β̞i.ɲʊ]

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾbiɲo
  • Hyphenation: cer‧vi‧ño

Etymology 1

14th century. From Latin cervīnus (“tawny”).

Adjective

cerviño (feminine cerviña, masculine plural cerviños, feminine plural cerviñas)

  1. (dated) tawny
    • 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90:
      os quaes roçiins era huun delles ven preto con hun signal enna testa et ho outro ben çerbyño con huna mancha enna testa
      one of that horses was really dark, with a signal in his front, and the other was tawny with a spot in his front
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From cervo (“deer”) +‎ -iño (“little”).

Noun

cerviño m (plural cerviños)

  1. fawn (young deer)

References

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