lucerga

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin lucerna (“lamp”) + the dialectal suffix -ga, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *-ika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luˈθɛɾɣa̝], (western) [luˈs̺ɛɾħa̝].

Noun

lucerga f (plural lucergas)

1. firefly; glowworm

   Synonyms: vagalume, lucecú, lurcucú, verme canteiro

References

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