galván

Galician

Alternative forms

• galbán

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin galba, or directly from Proto-Celtic *galbā, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *golbʰo- (“womb; animal young”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalˈbaŋ/, (western) /ħalˈbaŋ/

Noun

galván m (plural galváns)

1. a kind of little worm used as bait for fishing (animal)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galván”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega