vello

Alternative forms

• velho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vello, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus. Compare Aragonese viello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɟo/ [ˈbɛ.ɟʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛɟo
• Hyphenation: ve‧llo

Adjective

vello (feminine vella, masculine plural vellos, feminine plural vellas)

1. old

   Antonym: novo

   Aprendía moito falando con aquel home vello e sabio.

   I learned a lot by talking to that wise old man.

Noun

vello m (plural vellos, feminine vella, feminine plural vellas)

1. old man
   • 1978, Lois Álvarez Pousa, "A Sementeira" (song by Fuxan os Ventos):

     Un vello que dea consellos / un rostro de fume e pan / que conte contos aos nenos / do cuco e do paspallás.

     An old man who gives counsel / a face of smoke and bread / who tells tales to the children / about the cuckoo and the quail

   Synonyms: ancián, vedraño

2. (slang) father

   Synonyms: padre, pai

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vello”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vello”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋelːo/, [ˈʋe̞ɫːŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋelːoi̯/, [ˈʋe̞ɫːo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -elːo, -elːoi̯
• Hyphenation: vel‧lo

Noun

vello

1. Synonym of veljä (“brother”)
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Tahtoi Ljoșa peent velloa Borjaa noissa opettammaa kirjaa lukomaa.

     Ljoša wanted to begin to teach [his] little brother Borja to read a book.

   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 34:

     Elivät miunka mama i siso ja peen vello.

     With me lived mum and [my] sister and [my] little brother.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 652

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: vèl‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vellus, possibly crossed with villus.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Anagrams

• volle