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somorgujo

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /somoɾˈɡuxo/ [so.moɾˈɣ̞u.xo]
  • Rhymes: -uxo
  • Syllabification: so‧mor‧gu‧jo

Etymology 1

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From a derivative of Latin mergus, with various theories existing on the intermediate form: one derives it from the variant form somorgujón, from a Vulgar Latin *merguliōnem, later influenced by Latin submergō (compare Portuguese mergulho, mergulhão, Galician mergullón, somorgullo, Leonese mergollón). Another etymology often considered is deverbal from somorgujar, from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *submerguc(u)lāre, although this is unlikely for several reasons, one being that the verb was never used as much as this noun.[1] Also possibly is a derivative of Latin mergulus through a verb *merguliāre (compare Portuguese megulhar), with later influence from submergō. Compare also Italian marangone, smergo.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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somorgujo m (plural somorgujos)

  1. grebe
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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somorgujo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of somorgujar

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “somorgujo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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