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.[1]

Noun

baluz m (plural baluces)

  1. (proscribed) gold nugget

References

  1. ^ Pensado, José Luis (1976) “baluz”, in Contribución a la crítica de la lexicografía gallega I (Acta Salmanticensia. Filosofia y Letras.; 98), Salamanca: Universidad de Salamanca, →ISBN