somorgollar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *submerguliare, a blend of Latin summergō (“to submerge”) with *merguliō (“diver”). Cognate with Spanish somorgujar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [su.mur.ɡuˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [so.mor.ɡoˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [so.moɾ.ɣoˈʎaɾ]

somorgollar (first-person singular present somorgollo, first-person singular preterite somorgollí, past participle somorgollat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to submerge

   Synonyms: cabussar, submergir

• somorgollaire

• “somorgollar”, 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