tourón
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPerhaps from touro, because of its fierceness. Cognate with Portuguese toirão and Spanish turón.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittourón m (plural touróns)
- ferret; polecat (Mustela putorius, a mustelid of Eurasia)
- Synonym: furón
References
edit- “touron” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tourón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tourón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “turón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos