codobatură

Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *codabattula, from Latin coda < cauda (“tail”) + a derivative of battuō (“to beat”). Compare Aromanian coadã-baturã, cudubaturã, cutrubatã, Calabrese codivattula. See also similar formations in other Romance languages, with inverse order: Italian batticoda, Florentine dialect batticova, Occitan bateco.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ko.doˈba.tu.rə/

Noun

codobatură f (plural codobaturi)

  1. wagtail (Motacilla)

Declension
declension of codobatură
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) codobatură codobatura (niște) codobaturi codobaturile
genitive/dative (unei) codobaturi codobaturii (unor) codobaturi codobaturilor
vocative codobatură, codobaturo codobaturilor

Synonyms
  • prundar, prundaș

Derived terms
  • codobatură albă
  • codobatură galbenă
  • codobatură sură

See also
  • motacilide

References
  1. codobatură in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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