folerpa

Galician

Alternative forms

  • celepa, falepa, falopa, felepa, folepa, folerca, zalopa

Etymology

Perhaps from *fallupa, a derivative of Late Latin faluppa (chaff).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foˈlɛɾpa̝/

Noun

folerpa m (plural folerpas)

  1. snowflake
    Synonyms: faísca, foupa

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “fuelle”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos