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Sardinian
Etymology
Of unknown origin. Hypothesized to be part of a Nuragic substrate. Often compared with Basque gorosti (“holly”),[1][2] Navarrese Spanish golostia, gorostia (“holly”). However, given the dialectal variant golostri, a relation with Ancient Greek κήλαστρος (kḗlastros, “holly”) is possible.[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
golósti m (plural golostis)
- (botany) holly (Ilex aquifolium)
References
- ^ Blasco Ferrer, Eduardo (2017) “Storia esterna della lingua [External history of the language]”, in D. Marzo, E. Blasco Ferrer, P. Koch, editors, Manuale di linguistica sarda [Handbook of Sardinian Linguistics] (Manuals of Romance Linguistics; 15) (in Italian), De Gruyter, page 78 of 67–87
- ^ Pallottino, Massimo (1950) Lilliu, Giovanni, editor, La Sardegna nuragica [Nuragic Sardinia] (Bibliotheca Sarda) (in Italian), Ilisso edizioni, published 2001, →ISBN, page 96
- ^ Agud, Manuel, Tovar, Antonio (1992) “Materiales para un diccionario etimológico de la lengua vasca (XV)”, in Anuario Del Seminario De Filología Vasca «Julio De Urquijo» (in Spanish), volume 26, number 3, Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 825–826
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