baluz

Galician

Alternative forms

• baluce

Etymology

From a misunderstanding of an 18th-century author by a 19th-century lexicographer; later incorporated into several 19th- and 20th-century dictionaries, and subsequently acquiring some minor literary use.

Noun

baluz m (plural baluces)

1. (proscribed) gold nugget

Related terms

• baluga

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baluce”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baluz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baluz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega