viorto

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Galician

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Etymology

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From a substrate language; cognate with Spanish vilorto and Basque bilur, idem.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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viorto m (plural viortos)

  1. bond usually made with a twisted twig
    Synonyms: corre, costrán, vencello, vincallo

References

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