zamburiña

Galician

zamburiñas

Alternative forms

• zamoriña

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; alternatively from anduriña (“swallow; scallop”) due to a reanalysis of as anduriñas (“the scallops”), or from zambro (“bow-legged”) + -iña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θambuˈɾiɲa̝/, (western) /sambuˈɾiɲa̝/

Noun

zamburiña f (plural zamburiñas)

1. variegated scallop Chlamys varia

   Synonym: anduriña

Descendants

• → Spanish: zamburiña

References

• “zamburiña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “zamburiña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zamburiña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician zamburiña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θambuˈɾiɲa/ [θãm.buˈɾi.ɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sambuˈɾiɲa/ [sãm.buˈɾi.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -iɲa
• Syllabification: zam‧bu‧ri‧ña

Noun

zamburiña f (plural zamburiñas)

1. variegated scallop

Further reading

• “zamburiña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014