gurgullo

Galician

Etymology 1

14th century. From Vulgar Latin *gurguliu, from gurguliō, from curculiō. Cognate with Portuguese gorgulho and Spanish gorgojo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuɾˈɣuʎo̝/

Noun

gurgullo m (plural gurgullos)

1. weevil
   • 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:

     Aquel que ẽnas fauas faz naçer os gurgullos et ẽnas aruores os vermẽes sen ajuda de nĩgẽ

     He who makes the weevils to be born in the beans and caterpillars in the trees with the help of none

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gurgullo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gurgullo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gurgullo”, 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), “gurgullo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gurgullo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

gurgullo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gurgullar