falúa

See also: falua

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic فَلُوكَة (falūka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [faˈluɐ]

Noun

falúa f (plural falúas)

  1. felucca
    • 1861, Atonio Fernández Morales, Ensayos poéticos en dialecto berciano:
      mal demo do inferno a parar neste lugar, onde, pra andar, sendo inverno, ou no trollo hai que nadar Ou é menester c'algúa bruxa pauto ou trato ter pra qu'enseñe a cencia súa, ou ben, pra ir fóra, poñer en cada pé unha falúa
      Bad demon from hell will come to this place, where, for walking, in the winter, one must swim in the mud; or either it is precise to make some pact with any witch for her to teach her science, or either, for going out, to put a felucca in each foot

References

Spanish

Noun

falúa f (plural falúas)

  1. felucca

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