andoriña

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese andorinna (“swallow”), from a Vulgar Latin root *harundina, from hirundina-, from Latin hirundō, hirundine; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɐndʊˈɾiɲɐ/

Noun

andoriña f (plural andoriñas)

  1. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
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