parula

See also: Parula

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

parula (plural parulas)

Any of the New World warblers of the genus Parula.

Translations

bird of the genus Parula

Finnish: kerttuli (fi)

Neapolitan

Etymology

From older padule, from Late Latin padūlem, from Latin palūdem via metathesis. Compare Italian padule.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈrulə/

Noun

parula f (plural parule)

swamp, marsh

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 432: “la palude” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “palus, -ūdis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 530

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