bolboreta
Galician
Alternative forms
- barboleta, borboleta, palvoreta, polvoreta, volvoreta
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese (compare Old Portuguese berbeleta, 15th century) of uncertain origin; perhaps from a diminutive of Latin pulvis, pulveris.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bol.βo.ˈɾe.ta/
Noun
bolboreta f (plural bolboretas)
- butterfly
References
- “bolboreta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bolboreta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bolboreta” 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), “polilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos