legón

See also: leĝon

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ligō, ligōnem.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /leˈɡoŋ/ [leˈɣ̞oŋ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /leˈħoŋ/ [leˈħoŋ]

  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: le‧gón

Noun

legón m (plural legóns)

  1. hoe
    Synonym: aixada
    • 1474, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:
      tres fouçiñas, e dous fouçiños, e hun legon, e hun sacho, e hun escoupere, e hua eyxola grande, e hua serra de mao, e outra eyxola de peto, e tres fouçes, e duas choquas
      thee sickles, and two small sickles, a hoe, a mattock, a chisel, a large axe, a handsaw, a hatchet, three long sickles, and two cowbells

Derived terms

  • legoña

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ligōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈɡon/ [leˈɣ̞õn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: le‧gón

Noun

legón m (plural legones)

  1. a type of hoe

See also

Further reading