lonso

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin ursus; compare Aragonese onso, Ladin lors.

Noun

lonso m (Latin spelling)

1. bear
2. a stupid person

   Synonym: azno

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “lonso, sa”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “lonso/lónso”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 234
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “lónso”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 331