viorto

Galician

Etymology

From a substrate language; cognate with Spanish vilorto and Basque bilur, idem.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈɔɾto̝/

Noun

viorto m (plural viortos)

  1. bond usually made with a twisted twig
    Synonyms: corre, costrán, vencello, vincallo

References

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