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golondrina

Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From a metathetic alteration of Latin hirundinem, accusative of hirundō, with addition of the diminutive suffix -ina.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

golondrina f (plural golondrinas)

  1. swallow (bird)
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 26v:
      DEl dizenoueno grado del ſigno de gemini, es la piedra de la golondrina. Et es una delas preciadas piedras que a entre todas aq́llas que se fazen en los animales. Et qui la quiſiere fallar, deue tomar el primero pollo que faze la golondrina en el anno. […]
      Of the nineteenth degree of the sign of Gemini is the stone of the swallow. And it is one of the most valued of the stones that form within animals. And he who wishes to find it must take the first chick born to a swallow during the year. […]

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: golondrina

Spanish edit

 
golondrina (2)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish golondrina, from Latin hirundine, with metathesis. Compare Portuguese andorinha.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡolonˈdɾina/ [ɡo.lõn̪ˈd̪ɾi.na]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: go‧lon‧dri‧na

Noun edit

golondrina f (plural golondrinas)

  1. swallow (bird)
  2. (nautical) type of tourist boat found mostly in Barcelona

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Adjective edit

golondrina f

  1. feminine singular of golondrino

Further reading edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish golondrina.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡolonˈdɾina/, [ɡo.lonˈdɾi.nɐ]
  • Hyphenation: go‧lon‧dri‧na

Noun edit

golondrina (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ)

  1. swallow (especially the genus Hirundo)
  2. a type of kite shaped like a swallow

See also edit

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