lurpia
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Compare Portuguese lorpa, French lourpidon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lurpia f (plural lurpias)
- hag, witch
- 1838, Florencio Pol, Espello de Diputados:
- Espello de Diputados,
donde se deben mirar
eses lurpias enmeigados,
que quixeren diputar,- Mirror of representatives
where they should watch themselves
those bewitched witches
who would want to represent
- Mirror of representatives
- (derogatory) slut; hag; bitch; meddler
Related terms edit
References edit
- “lurpia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “lurpia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “lurpia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.