Alternative forms

• cotofelo, cotomelo, cotramelo

Etymology

UnclearCategory:Galician terms with unknown etymologies#COTOBELO. From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#COTOBELOCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#COTOBELO, ultimately probably from LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#COTOBELO cubitum (“elbow”); either from LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#COTOBELO cubitālis (via MozarabicCategory:Galician terms derived from Mozarabic#COTOBELO qubtal) or alternatively from LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#COTOBELO cubitellum. Compare Portuguese cotovelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kotoˈβɛlo̝/Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#COTOBELO

Noun

cotobelo m (plural cotobelos)Category:Galician lemmas#COTOBELOCategory:Galician nouns#COTOBELOCategory:Galician countable nouns#COTOBELOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#COTOBELOCategory:Galician masculine nouns#COTOBELOCategory:Pages with entries#COTOBELOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#COTOBELO

1. knuckle

   Synonyms: artello, cotelo, coteno, nocello

2. bulge
3. elbow

   Synonym: cóbado

4. stump
5. heap; hillock

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cotobelo”, 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), “cotobelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cotobelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN