Noun: lontra
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | lontra |
| Plural f | lontras |
Sample Sentences
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da pelica da marta, hua branca, et da lontra, dous diñeiros, et da raposa, hun diñeiro (a marten pelt, a branca [coin]; and of otter, two diñeiros; and of fox, a diñeiro) [1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 420:]
Nouns inflected like lontra
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese *lontra, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra. Attested from 1439 (per the quote below). Compare Portuguese lontra, Spanish nutria; also Asturian llóndriga. See: Latin Nouns '
lutra', Portuguese Nouns '
lontra', Spanish Nouns '
nutria', Asturian Nouns '
llóndriga'.
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