xibardo

Galician

Alternative forms

• chibardo, chibarto, xibarro, xibarto

Etymology

Probably from French gibard (compare Middle French gibbar (“humpback whale”)), ultimately from Latin gibber (“hunchbacked”). Compare Spanish yubarta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃiˈβaɾðʊ]

Noun

xibardo m (plural xibardos)

1. humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gibarro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xibardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “xibardo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xibardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN