centola
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Galician
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Celtic *kentu̯ollos, from Proto-Celtic *kentu- (“first”) + *ɸolno- (“great, vast”), so meaning "the main, large one" ~ "king crab", vel sim.[1][2] Cognate with Portuguese santola and Spanish centolla.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]centola m (plural centolas)
References
[edit]- “centola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “centola” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “centola” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “centollo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 136, 201