golondrina

Old Spanish

Etymology

From a metathetic alteration of Latin hirundinem, accusative of hirundō, with addition of the diminutive suffix -ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡolonˈdɾina/

Noun

golondrina f (plural golondrinas)

1. 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. […]

Descendants

• Spanish: golondrina

Spanish

golondrina (2)

Etymology

From Old Spanish golondrina, from Latin hirundō, hirundine, with metathesis. Compare Portuguese andorinha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡolonˈdɾina/ [ɡo.lõn̪ˈd̪ɾi.na]

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: go‧lon‧dri‧na

Noun

golondrina f (plural golondrinas)

1. swallow (bird)
2. (nautical) type of tourist boat found mostly in Barcelona

Derived terms

• engolondrinarse
• golondrina chilena
• golondrina patagónica
• una golondrina no hace verano

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

• Hyphenation: go‧lon‧dri‧na
• IPA^(key): /ɡolonˈdɾina/, [ɡo.lonˈdɾi.nɐ]

Noun

golondrina

1. swallow (especially the genus Hirundo)
2. a type of kite shaped like a swallow

See also

• layang-layang
• langay-langay
• langay-langayan
• balinsasayaw
• papagayo
• saranggola