saltamartí

Catalan

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of salta (“to leap”) +‎ Martí (“Martin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˌsal.tə.mərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌsal.ta.maɾˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˌsal.ta.marˈti]

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Noun

saltamartí m (plural saltamartins)

1. grasshopper
2. roly-poly (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Further reading

• “saltamartí”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “saltamartí”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)