codobatură

Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *codabattula, from Latin coda < cauda (“tail”) + a derivative of battuō (“to beat”). Compare Aromanian coadã-baturã, cudubaturã, cutrubatã, Calabrese codivattula. See also similar formations in other Romance languages, with inverse order: Italian batticoda, Florentine dialect batticova, Occitan bateco.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.doˈba.tu.rə/

Noun

codobatură f (plural codobaturi)

  1. wagtail (Motacilla)
    Synonyms: prundar, prundaș

Declension

Declension of codobatură
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative codobatură codobatura codobaturi codobaturile
genitive-dative codobaturi codobaturii codobaturi codobaturilor
vocative codobatură, codobaturo codobaturilor

Derived terms

See also

  • motacilide

References

  1. ^ “codobatură”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
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