andoriña

Galician

Alternative forms

• anduriña
• andorinha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese andorinna (“swallow”), from a Vulgar Latin root *harundina, from hirundina-, from Latin hirundō, hirundine; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /andoˈɾiɲɐ/

Noun

andoriña f (plural andoriñas)

1. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)