Feminine
luciérnaga
Concepts
glow worm
common glow worm
glowfly
firefly beetle
lampyre
European glow-worm
common European glow-worm
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
lu‧ciér‧na‧ga
Pronounced as (IPA)
/luˈθjeɾnaɡa/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish luziérnega, from Latin lucerna (“lamp”) + the dialectal suffix -aga, from Paleo-Hispanic. The positioning of stress in the antepenultimate syllable is also due to pre-Roman influence.
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