gurgullo

Galician

Etymology

14th century. From Vulgar Latin *gurguliu, from gurguliō, from curculiō. Cognate with Portuguese gorgulho and Spanish gorgojo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuɾˈɣuʎo̝/

Noun

gurgullo m (plural gurgullos)

1. weevil
   • 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:

     Aquel que ẽnas fauas faz naçer os gurgullos et ẽnas aruores os vermẽes sen ajuda de nĩgẽ

     He who makes the weevils to be born in the beans and caterpillars in the trees with the help of none

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gurgullo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gurgullo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN