lontra

See also: Lontra

Corsican

Una lontra.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *lontra, from Latin lutra. Cognates include Italian lontra and French loutre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlõntra/
• Hyphenation: lon‧tra

Noun

lontra f (plural lontre)

1. otter (Lutra lutra)

References

• “lontra” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Galician

Galician lontras ("otters")

Alternative forms

• londra

Etymology

Attested from the 15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese *lontra, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra (“otter”), from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic”). Cognate with Portuguese lontra, Spanish nutria; compare also Asturian llóndriga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlontɾɐ/

Noun

lontra f (plural lontras)

1. otter
   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 420:

     da pelica da marta, hua branca, et da lontra, dous diñeiros, et da raposa, hun diñeiro

     a marten pelt, a branca [coin]; and of otter, two diñeiros; and of fox, a diñeiro

Derived terms

• lóntrega

References

• “lontra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “lontra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lontra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Alternative forms

• lontro, ontria (dialectal, Tuscan)
• londra, ondra, ondria, itria, litria (dialectal, central Italian)

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlon.tra/
• Rhymes: -ontra
• Hyphenation: lón‧tra

Noun

lontra f (plural lontre)

1. otter

Descendants

• → Sardinian: lontra

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 440: “la lontra” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Portuguese

lontra (Lutra lutra)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lontra, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra (“otter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlõ.tɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -õtɾɐ
• Hyphenation: lon‧tra

Noun

lontra f (plural lontras)

1. otter

Sardinian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lontra (“otter”).

Noun

lontra f (plural lontras)

1. otter (Lutra lutra)

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), “lontra”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes