lontra

lontra

See also: Lontra

Galician

Galician lontras ("otters")

Alternative forms

• londra

Etymology

Attested from the 15th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese *lontra, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra (“otter”), from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic”). Cognate with Portuguese lontra, Spanish nutria; compare also Asturian llóndriga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlontɾɐ/

Noun

lontra f (plural lontras)

1. otter
   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 420:

     da pelica da marta, hua branca, et da lontra, dous diñeiros, et da raposa, hun diñeiro

     a marten pelt, a branca [coin]; and of otter, two diñeiros; and of fox, a diñeiro

Derived terms

• lóntrega

References

• “lontra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “lontra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “lontra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Italian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra, from Proto-Italic *utrā, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós (“acquatic”), from the root *wed- (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlon.tra/, [ˈl̺on̪t̪r̺ä]
• Rhymes: -ontra
• Hyphenation: lón‧tra

Noun

lontra f (plural lontre)

1. otter

Descendants

• → Albanian: lundër, lëndër

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Portuguese

lontra (Lutra lutra)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lontra, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra (“otter”), from Proto-Italic *utrā, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós, from the root *wed-.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlõtɾɐ/

Noun

lontra f (plural lontras)

1. otter