saltamartí

Verb-object compound, composed of salta (“to leap”) +‎ Martí (“Martin”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌsal.tə.mərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌsal.ta.maɾˈti]

saltamartí m (plural saltamartins)

1. grasshopper
2. roly-poly (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

• “saltamartí”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “saltamartí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.