milho

Galician

Noun

milho m (plural milhos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of millo

Further reading

  • “milho”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

  • Inherited from Latin milium (“millet”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ʎo/

    Noun

    milho m (plural milhos)

    1. millet (a group of various types of grass or its grains)

    Descendants

    • Fala: millu
    • Galician: millo
    • Portuguese: milho (see there for further descendants)

    Further reading

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ʎu/

    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ju/
    • Rhymes: -iʎu
    • Hyphenation: mi‧lho

    Etymology 1

  • Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milho (“millet”), from Latin milium (“millet”). Compare Galician millo and Spanish mijo.

    Noun

    milho m (plural milhos)

    1. (uncountable) maize (seeds of the plant Zea mays)
    2. a single maize seed
    3. a maize plant (Zea mays)
    4. corncob (an ear of maize)
    Coordinate terms
    Derived terms
    • milhã
    • milhal
    • milharada
    • milharal
    • milheiral
    • milhinho
    • milhito
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    milho

    1. first-person singular present indicative of milhar

    Further reading

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