bolboreta

Galician

Alternative forms

barboleta, borboleta, palvoreta, polvoreta, volvoreta

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese (compare Old Galician-Portuguese berbeleta, 15th century) of uncertain origin; perhaps from a diminutive of Latin pulvis, pulveris.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bol.βo.ˈɾe.ta/

Noun

bolboreta f (plural bolboretas)

butterfly

References

“bolboreta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“bolboreta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“bolboreta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “polilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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