aballar

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ballāre. Found in a text written in Spanish with Leonese influence (Otas de Roma) dating to the 15h century as aballa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈʎaɾ/

Verb

aballar

  1. to move
    • Late 14th-century, Cuento muy fermoso del emperador Otas de Roma, e de la infanta Florencia, e del buen caballero Esmero (Leonese-influenced Spanish):
      "Estad quedos, ca para aquel Señor que nunca mentió, en mal punto será por aquel que solamente se aballa por le fazer mal.
      "Be still, for that Lord who never lied will be in bad shape for the one who only moves to do him harm

Descendants

  • Asturian: aballar (“to shake, to be in a hurry”)
  • Mirandese: abalhar (“to leave”)

References

  1. ^ María de las Nieves Sánchez González de Herrero, Manuscritos medievales asturiano-leoneses no literarios (from the University of Salamanca) in Lletres Asturianes nº100 (2009) Pgs.45-62
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