galipu

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• galipu —    significado: chapín, medida equivalente a 4 kilos    etimología: tal vez, del árabe qâlib ( molde ) …   Etimologías léxico asturiano

• caribou — /kar euh booh /, n., pl. caribous, (esp. collectively) caribou. any of several large, North American deer of the genus Rangifer, related to the reindeer of the Old World. [1665 75, Amer.; < CanF caribou, r. earlier E caribo, both < Micmac galipu… …   Universalium

• caribou — car|i|bou [ˈkærıbu:] n plural caribou [Date: 1600 1700; : Canadian French; Origin: Micmac galipu snow digger ; because it digs in the snow to find food] a North American ↑reindeer …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• caribou — [17] Caribou is the name of a close North American relative of the reindeer, and it refers literally to the way in which the animal scratches at the snow with its hooves to find the grass, moss, etc that it eats. It comes from Mi’kmaq galipu… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• caribou — [17] Caribou is the name of a close North American relative of the reindeer, and it refers literally to the way in which the animal scratches at the snow with its hooves to find the grass, moss, etc that it eats. It comes from Mi’kmaq galipu… …   Word origins