grongo

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin conger (“conger eel”), from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡron.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -onɡo
  • Hyphenation: grón‧go

Noun[edit]

grongo m (plural gronghi)

  1. conger, conger eel (Conger conger)

Descendants[edit]

  • → Tunisian Arabic: قرنقو (grangu), قرينقو (grīngu), قرونقرو (grūngru, “conger, Conger conger”)[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Franco Pierno (2006) “Talassozoonimi e terminologia dell'attività ittica d'influenza italiana nel dialetto arabo tunisino”, in Romance Philology (in Tunisian Arabic), volume 59, number 2, →JSTOR, page 225

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