folerpa

Galician

Folerpas

Alternative forms

• celepa, falepa, falopa, felepa, folepa, folerca, zalopa

Etymology

Perhaps from *fallupa, a derivative of Late Latin faluppa (“chaff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈlɛɾpa̝/

Noun

folerpa m (plural folerpas)

1. snowflake

   Synonyms: faísca, foupa

References

• “folerpa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “folerpa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “folerpa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.