carrizo

Etymology

13th century. From older carriço, from Vulgar Latin *cariceus, from Latin carex. Cognate with Spanish carrizo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈriθo̝/, (western) /kaˈriso̝/

Noun

carrizo m (plural carrizos)

1. common reed (Phragmites australis)
2. Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
3. European hornet (Vespa crabro)

References

• “carriço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “carrizo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “carrizo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “carrizo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cariceus, from Latin carex.

Noun

carrizo m (plural carrizos)

1. reed
2. (Colombia, Venezuela, Panama) drinking straw
3. (euphemistic) penis