andorinha

See also: Andorinha

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese andorinna (“swallow”), from a Vulgar Latin root *harundīna, from Latin hirundō, hirundinem; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it.

Cognate with Galician andoriña, Mirandese andorina, Leonese andolina and Asturian andarina.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.doˈɾi.ɲa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.duˈɾi.ɲɐ/

• Hyphenation: an‧do‧ri‧nha

Noun

andorinha f (plural andorinhas)

1. swallow (bird)

Descendants

• → Nheengatu: andurinhu

Further reading

• andorinha on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt