golosti

Sardinian

Alternative forms

  • golostri, colostiu, bolostru

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Hypothesized to be part of a Nuragic substrate. Often compared with Basque gorosti (holly),[1][2] Navarrese Spanish golostia, gorostia (holly). However, given the dialectal variant golostri, a relation with Ancient Greek κήλαστρος (kḗlastros, holly) is possible.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoˈlosti/

Noun

golósti m (plural golostis)

  1. (botany) holly (Ilex aquifolium)

References

  1. Blasco Ferrer, Eduardo (2017) “Storia esterna della lingua [External history of the language]”, in D. Marzo, E. Blasco Ferrer, P. Koch, editors, Manuale di linguistica sarda [Handbook of Sardinian Linguistics] (Manuals of Romance Linguistics; 15) (in Italian), De Gruyter, page 78 of 67–87
  2. Pallottino, Massimo (1950) Lilliu, Giovanni, editor, La Sardegna nuragica [Nuragic Sardinia] (Bibliotheca Sarda) (in Italian), Ilisso edizioni, published 2001, →ISBN, page 96
  3. Agud, Manuel, Tovar, Antonio (1994) “Materiales Para Un Diccionario Etimológico De La Lengua Vasca (I-XXI)”, in Anuario Del Seminario De Filología Vasca «Julio De Urquijo» (in Spanish), volume XV, Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, →DOI, pages 825–826

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