zamburiña

Galician

zamburiñas

Alternative forms

• zamoriña

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; alternatively from anduriña (“swallow; scallop”) due to a reanalysis of as anduriñas (“the scallops”), or from zambro (“bow-legged”) + -iña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θambuˈɾiɲa̝/, (western) /sambuˈɾiɲa̝/

Noun

zamburiña f (plural zamburiñas)

1. variegated scallop Chlamys varia

   Synonym: anduriña

Descendants

• → Spanish: zamburiña

References

• “zamburiña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “zamburiña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zamburiña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician zamburiña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θambuˈɾiɲa/ [θãm.buˈɾi.ɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sambuˈɾiɲa/ [sãm.buˈɾi.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -iɲa
• Syllabification: zam‧bu‧ri‧ña

Noun

zamburiña f (plural zamburiñas)

1. variegated scallop

Further reading

• “zamburiña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10