birlo
See also: birló
Galician
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Birlos (“bobbins”)
Alternative forms
- bilro
Etymology
Perhaps ultimately from Old French bille (“stick”), either from Proto-Celtic *belyom (“tree”) or from Germanic.[1] Compare Portuguese bilro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiɾlo̝/
Noun
birlo m (plural birlos)
- (in the plural, sports) bowling
- Synonyms: bolos, xogo dos bolos
- (sports) tipcat
- Synonyms: billarda, estornela, lipe, pateiro
- (bowling) pin
- (bobbin lace) bobbin
References
- “birlo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “birlo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “birlo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “birlo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Verb
birlo
- first-person singular present indicative of birlar