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xibardo

Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Probably from French gibard (compare Middle French gibbar (“humpback whale”)), ultimately from Latin gibber (“hunchbacked”).[1] Compare Spanish yubarta.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

xibardo m (plural xibardos)

  1. humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

References edit

  • “gibarro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “xibardo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “xibardo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “xibardo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “yubarta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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