gralla
See also: Gralla
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan gralha), from Vulgar Latin *gracla (compare Italian gracchia), syncopated form of Late Latin grācula (“female jackdaw”) (compare French grolle), feminine form of Latin grāculus (compare Spanish grajo), from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”).
Noun
gralla f (plural gralles)
- the western jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
- a double-reed instrument in the shawm family
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gralla
Further reading
- “gralla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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