norza
Galician
Alternative forms
- norça (reintegrationist)
- nouza
Etymology
Unknown. The etymology proposed by J. Coromines for Spanish nueza seems untenable for Galician or for Portuguese norça.[1] Probably from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɔɾθɐ]
Noun
norza f (plural norzas)
- (botany) bryony (Bryonia dioica)
- Synonyms: boudaña, nabo caíño, saltasebes
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “norza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nouza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “norza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “nueza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos