Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Unlikely from Latin glandula, pace Coromines[1] (cf. landra); perhaps from Germanic. Cognate with Portuguese guelra.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

guerla f (plural guerlas)

  1. (animal anatomy) gill (breathing organ of fish)
    Synonyms: branquia, gala

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “agalla II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos