baluz

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a misunderstanding of an 18th-century author by a 19th-century lexicographer; later incorporated into several 19th- and 20th-century dictionaries, and subsequently acquiring some minor literary use.[1]

Noun

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baluz m (plural baluces)

  1. (proscribed) gold nugget
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References

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  1. ^ Pensado, José Luis (1976) “baluz”, in Contribución a la crítica de la lexicografía gallega I (Acta Salmanticensia. Filosofia y Letras.; 98), Salamanca: Universidad de Salamanca, →ISBN