vello

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See also: Vello and velló

Galician

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Un vello galego ("a Galician old man")

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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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

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Ingrian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

Declension

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Declension of vello (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vello vellot
genitive vellon velloin, velloloin
partitive velloa velloja, velloloja
illative velloo velloi, velloloihe
inessive velloos vellois, vellolois
elative vellost velloist, velloloist
allative vellolle velloille, velloloille
adessive vellool velloil, velloloil
ablative vellolt velloilt, velloloilt
translative velloks velloiks, velloloiks
essive vellonna, velloon velloinna, velloloinna, velloin, velloloin
exessive1) vellont velloint, velloloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

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

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin vellus, possibly crossed with villus.

Noun

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vello m (plural velli)

  1. hair, fur
  2. fleece
    il vello d'orothe golden fleece

Further reading

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  • vello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vello

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vellere

Further reading

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  • vello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *welnō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (to hit, strike).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vellō (present infinitive vellere, perfect active vulsī or vellī, supine vulsum); third conjugation

  1. to pluck out (feathers, etc.)
  2. to depilate
    • Martialis, Epigrammata
      quod pectus, quod crura tibi, quod bracchia vellis.
  3. to pull or tear down; to demolish

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of vellō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vellō vellis vellit vellimus vellitis vellunt
imperfect vellēbam vellēbās vellēbat vellēbāmus vellēbātis vellēbant
future vellam vellēs vellet vellēmus vellētis vellent
perfect vulsī,
vellī
vulsistī,
vellistī
vulsit,
vellit
vulsimus,
vellimus
vulsistis,
vellistis
vulsērunt,
vulsēre,
vellērunt,
vellēre
pluperfect vulseram,
velleram
vulserās,
vellerās
vulserat,
vellerat
vulserāmus,
vellerāmus
vulserātis,
vellerātis
vulserant,
vellerant
future perfect vulserō,
vellerō
vulseris,
velleris
vulserit,
vellerit
vulserimus,
vellerimus
vulseritis,
velleritis
vulserint,
vellerint
passive present vellor velleris,
vellere
vellitur vellimur velliminī velluntur
imperfect vellēbar vellēbāris,
vellēbāre
vellēbātur vellēbāmur vellēbāminī vellēbantur
future vellar vellēris,
vellēre
vellētur vellēmur vellēminī vellentur
perfect vulsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vellam vellās vellat vellāmus vellātis vellant
imperfect vellerem vellerēs velleret vellerēmus vellerētis vellerent
perfect vulserim,
vellerim
vulserīs,
vellerīs
vulserit,
vellerit
vulserīmus,
vellerīmus
vulserītis,
vellerītis
vulserint,
vellerint
pluperfect vulsissem,
vellissem
vulsissēs,
vellissēs
vulsisset,
vellisset
vulsissēmus,
vellissēmus
vulsissētis,
vellissētis
vulsissent,
vellissent
passive present vellar vellāris,
vellāre
vellātur vellāmur vellāminī vellantur
imperfect vellerer vellerēris,
vellerēre
vellerētur vellerēmur vellerēminī vellerentur
perfect vulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present velle vellite
future vellitō vellitō vellitōte velluntō
passive present vellere velliminī
future vellitor vellitor velluntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vellere vulsisse,
vellisse
vulsūrum esse vellī vulsum esse vulsum īrī
participles vellēns vulsūrus vulsus vellendus,
vellundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vellendī vellendō vellendum vellendō vulsum vulsū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Aromanian: bilescu, biliri
  • Italian: vellere
  • Romanian: beli, belire

References

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  • vello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vellō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 659

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin villus (hair, tuft of hair).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈbeʝo/ [ˈbe.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈbeʎo/ [ˈbe.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbeʃo/ [ˈbe.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbeʒo/ [ˈbe.ʒo]

 

Noun

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vello m (plural vellos)

  1. body hair, androgenic hair, vellus hair
  2. facial hair

Derived terms

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Further reading

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