zamburiña
Galician
zamburiñas
Alternative forms
- zamoriña
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; alternatively from anduriña ("swallow bird" and "scallop") due to a reanalysis of "as anduriñas" ("the scallops"), or from zambro (“bow-legged”) + -iña.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θambuˈɾiɲa̝/, (western) /sambuˈɾiɲa̝/
Noun
zamburiña f (plural zamburiñas)
- variegated scallop Chlamys varia
- Synonym: anduriña
References
- “zamburiña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “zamburiña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “zamburiña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Noun
zamburiña f (plural zamburiñas)
- variegated scallop
Further reading
- “zamburiña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014