galván

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Galician[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin galba, or directly from Proto-Celtic *galbā, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *golbʰo- (“womb; animal young”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡalˈbaŋ/, (western) /ħalˈbaŋ/

Noun[edit]

galván m (plural galváns)

  1. a kind of little worm used as bait for fishing (animal)

References[edit]

  • “galván” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
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