amariello

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Asturian

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Adjective

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amariello

  1. neuter singular of amariellu

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Early Medieval Latin amārellus (yellowish, pale), derived from Latin amārus (bitter).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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amariello m (feminine amariella, masculine plural amariellos, feminine plural amariellas)

  1. yellow
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 4r:
      […] aſſi que ſe non puede quebrantar con ninguna coſa ſi no cõ el laton amariello que es tinto con la tutia de alexandria.
      […] so it cannot be broken with anything except with the yellow brass tainted by Alexandrian zinc oxide.
    • Idem, 23v.
      Eſta es piedra muy preciada ⁊ muy noble. ⁊ fallan la de muchas colores. ca dellas ay amariellas claras. ⁊ otras pardas.
      This is a very prized and noble stone. It can be found in many colors, for some are yellow, some are pale and some are dun.
    • Idem, 46r.
      […] ⁊ traen los poluos ſobre los dientes que ſon amariellos o prietos torna los blãcos.
      […] and [when] they cover yellow or darkened teeth with the dust, it turns them white.
    • Idem, 48v.
      […] Et las mas q dellas fallã es cabo las palmas mõteſinas. De color ſemeia ala iargõça amariella.
      […] And most of them they find among mountain palm trees. In color it is similar to yellow zircon.

Derived terms

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  • Spanish: amarillo
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Noun

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amariello m (plural amariellos)

  1. yellow
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 3v:
      Et la color deſta piedra es mezclada de uerde con uermeio. pero la uerdura della es tan flaca que tira a amariello.
      And the color of this stone is mixed between green and red, but the greenness is so slight that it tends more toward yellow.

Descendants

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