golondrina
Old Spanish
Etymology
From a metathetic alteration of Latin hirundinem, accusative of hirundō.
Pronunciation
Noun
golondrina f (plural golondrinas)
- swallow (bird)
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 26v.
- DEl dizenoueno grado del ſigno de gemini, es la piedra de la golondrina. Et es una delas preciadas piedras que a entre todas aq́llas que se fazen en los animales. Et qui la quiſiere fallar, deue tomar el primero pollo que faze la golondrina en el anno. […]
- Of the nineteenth degree of the sign of Gemini is the stone of the swallow. And it is one of the most valued of the stones that form within animals. And he who wishes to find it must take the first chick born to a swallow during the year. […]
- DEl dizenoueno grado del ſigno de gemini, es la piedra de la golondrina. Et es una delas preciadas piedras que a entre todas aq́llas que se fazen en los animales. Et qui la quiſiere fallar, deue tomar el primero pollo que faze la golondrina en el anno. […]
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 26v.
Descendants
- Spanish: golondrina
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish golondrina, from Latin hirundō, hirundine, with metathesis. Compare Portuguese andorinha.
Pronunciation
Noun
golondrina f (plural golondrinas)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: colondrina
Further reading
- “golondrina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- golondrina on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
- golondrina (embarcación) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish golondrina.
Pronunciation
Noun
golondrina
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