amariello

Asturian

Adjective

amariello

1. neuter singular of amariellu

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaˈɾjeʎo/

Adjective

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

• Spanish: amarillo

Related terms

• amargo (“bitter”)

Noun

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

• Spanish: amarillo