centola
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Centola 
Centola as served at a local restaurant
Galician
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Celtic *kentu̯ollos, from Proto-Celtic *kentu- (“first”) + *ɸolno- (“great, vast”), so meaning "the main, large one" ~ "king crab", vel sim.[1][2] Cognate with Portuguese santola and Spanish centolla.
Pronunciation
Noun
centola m (plural centolas)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “centola”, 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), “centola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “centola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “centollo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 136, 201