Noun: peto
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | peto |
| Plural m | petos |
Sample Sentences
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Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado. (Item thrushes and blackbirds, each one one crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and snipes, four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, a crown.) [1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95]
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1288, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, V, nº 43, pages 113-115 (with money of the moneybox and other purses)
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iten vnna yxola de peto, iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao (item, a pocket adze; item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two gimlets; item, two handsaws) [1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:]
Nouns inflected like peto
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
13th century. Unknown. From *pētto, perhaps onomatopoeic, but note Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker”) (Latin pīcus, Danish spætte). See: Latin Nouns '
pīcus', Danish Nouns '
spætte'.
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