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Galician
Etymology 1
14th century. From Vulgar Latin *gurguliu, from gurguliō, from curculiō. Cognate with Portuguese gorgulho and Spanish gorgojo.
Pronunciation
Noun
gurgullo m (plural gurgullos)
- weevil
- 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:
Aquel que ẽnas fauas faz naçer os gurgullos et ẽnas aruores os vermẽes sen ajuda de nĩgẽ- He who makes the weevils to be born in the beans and caterpillars in the trees with the help of none
References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gurgullo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gurgullo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “gurgullo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “gurgullo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “gurgullo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
Verb
gurgullo
- first-person singular present indicative of gurgullar