lonso

Ladino

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Italic *orssos
    Latin ursus
    Ladino lonso

    Inherited from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos. Compare Aragonese onso.

    Noun

    lonso m (feminine lonsa)

    1. bear
      Synonyms: (Belgrade, Skopje) ursa, (Monastir) urse
    2. a stupid person
      Synonym: azno

    Further reading

    • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “lonso, sa”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
    • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “lonso/lónso”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 234
    • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “lónso”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 331
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