Noun: mallerenga
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | mallerenga |
| Plural f | mallerengues |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like mallerenga
bestenaga,
sariga,
saboga,
berruga,
bolenga,
samaruga,
eixordiga,
garriga,
bisnaga,
bufalaga,
bufanaga,
càrrega,
nissaga,
alfàbrega,
siringa,
botàriga,
arreplega,
becabunga,
verdolaga,
mallerenga, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *meisinga. The Catalan form first became *merlenga under the influence of merla (“blackbird”) and then merellenga by folk etymology, influenced by llengua (“tongue”), as tits are considered noisy birds. Finally, metathesis in some varieties yielded the form mallerenga. Compare Occitan mesenga.
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