Re: Spanish and Italian _r_ and _rr_ -- for my Romlang #3

On 12/14/06, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
>
> I think the form is used only with verbs of the -ar conjugation.  I
> don't recall ever seeing -er or -ir verbs used.
>
"Cubrecamas" (blanket, lit. "covers-beds") is an example of composite
word with a verb that is not in the "-ar" conjugation. Another
examples are "abrelatas" (can opener, lit. "opens-cans") and
"sabelotodo" (presumptious person, lit. "knows it all").

>
> Someday I'm going to sit with my dictionary & make a list of all of
> these verbs.  They are fascinating to me.
>
They are fascinating for me, too. If you make such a list, please
publish it and tell us where it is.
I found a website that contains some compound words that follow the
verb+noun scheme (and other interesting schemes) in Spanish:
http://www.ihaystack.com/authors/t/c_a_toledano/00015127_pitmans_commercial_spanish_grammar_2nd_ed/00015127_english_and_spanish_ascii_p027.htm

Examples:
Azotacalles (idler)
Buscavidas (pryer)
Cortaplumas (penknife)
Chupaflores (humming-bird)
Destripaterrones (navvy)
Lavamanos (wash-hand stand)
Limpiabotas (boot-black)
Matamoros (boaster)
Mondadientes (toothpick)
Papahueros (ninny)
Papamoscas (ninny)
Papanatas  (ninny)
Paracaidas (parachute)
Paraguas (umbrella)
Pelagatos (ragamuffin)
Pintamonas (slap-dasher or bad partner)
Sacacorchos (corkscrew)
Salvavidas (life-boats)
Sepancuantos (slap or blow)

There are many others in that website.

In the Spanish Wikipedia there are some examples of "sustantivos
compuestos" (anteojos, pararrayos, cascanueces, aguardiente,
rascacielos, cortaunhas) in:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustantivo
Also take a look at the following pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_%28linguistics%29
http://www.helloworld.com.es/english/quick%20reference/nouns/scn/compoundnouns.htm
http://html.rincondelvago.com/lenguaje_10.html

I would also like to collect such nice constructions. If you have
further references, please tell us.

Antonielly Garcia Rodrigues