galra

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Suevic *galdra (charm, incantation, spell), from Proto-Germanic *galdraz (“sing, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, scream, charm away”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalra̝/, (western) /ˈħalra̝/

Noun

galra f (plural galras)

1. voice, speech (faculty of speech)
2. word, talk
3. gab, conversation

Related terms

• galar

References

• “galra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.