trobo

See also: Trobo

Catalan

Verb

trobo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of trobar

Galician

two types of traditional Galician trobos

Etymology

The word is documented in local Medieval Latin as trobano, whence also its cognate Asturian truébanu. From a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (settlement) and akin to Proto-Celtic *trebno- (room, house).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾɔβo̝/

Noun

trobo m (plural trobos)

  1. beehive
  2. wooden container made from a hollow trunk

References

  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. troj.
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