xibardo

Galician

Alternative forms

• chibardo, chibarto, xibarro, xibarto

Etymology

Probably from French gibard (compare Middle French gibbar (“humpback whale”)), ultimately from Latin gibber (“hunchbacked”). Compare Spanish yubarta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃiˈβaɾðʊ]

Noun

xibardo m (plural xibardos)

1. humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gibarro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “xibardo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “xibardo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “xibardo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.