alalá

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See also: alala, Alala, alalà, and ʻalalā

Galician

FWOTD – 26 October 2015

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

alalá m (plural alalás)

  1. (music) a traditional type of chant from Galicia, characterised by the use of meaningless vocalisations at the refrain or chorus
    • 1961, Diccionario enciclopédico gallego-castellano, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 99:
      ¡Ai, o alalá, miña santa, cántase cando se chora; chórase cando se canta!
      Alas! the alalá, my darling, is sung when crying; it's cried when singing!
    • 2014, Francisco X. Fernández Naval, Maribel Longueira, As crebas: Outro xeito de andar ao mar, Baía Edicións, page 73:
      […] , un alalá ignorado polo resto dos homes.
      , an alalá ignored by the rest of the men.
    • Catro vellos mariñeiros (traditional song):
      Catro vellos mariñeiros
      todos metidos nun bote
      voga, voga, mariñeiro
      vamos pra Viveiro
      'xa se ve San Roque;
      voga, voga, mariñeiro
      vamos pra Viveiro
      xa se ve San Roque.
      Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalelo!
      Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalá!
      Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalelo!
      Ai, lalalelo, ai, lalalá!

See also

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “alarido”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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