lucerga

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin lucerna (“lamp”) + the dialectal suffix -ga, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *-ika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luˈθɛɾɣa̝], (western) [luˈs̺ɛɾħa̝].

Noun

lucerga f (plural lucergas)

1. firefly; glowworm

   Synonyms: vagalume, lucecú, lurcucú, verme canteiro

References

• “lucerga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.