galinhola

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese galinha

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin -oluslbor.

Portuguese -ola

Portuguese galinhola

From galinha + -ola.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.lĩˈɲɔ.lɐ/ [ɡa.lĩˈj̃ɔ.lɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.liˈɲɔ.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
• Hyphenation: ga‧li‧nho‧la

Noun

galinhola f (plural galinholas)

1. (ornithology) woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
2. (Brazil, ornithology) guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)

Further reading

• “galinhola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “galinhola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026