galra

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Suevic *galdra (charm, incantation, spell), from Proto-Germanic *galdraz (“sing, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, scream, charm away”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡalra̝/, (western) /ˈħalra̝/

Noun

galra f (plural galras)

  1. voice, speech (faculty of speech)
  2. word, talk
  3. gab, conversation

References
  • “galra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
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