Re: : Butterflies

On 08/11/05, João Ricardo de Mendonça <somnicorvus@...> wrote:
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> On 11/8/05, João Ricardo de Mendonça <somnicorvus@...> wrote:
> > On 11/3/05, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
> > > The Spanish is mariposa.  Etymology?  Is the Portuguese similar?
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> > In Portuguese, mariposa means "moth". The word for "butterfly" is
> > borboleta. I don't know the etymology, but I can check it at the
> > library later.
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> Done. Portuguese "mariposa" comes from the Spanish "mariposa".
> According to the dictionaries I checked, the original name of the
> insect was Maria, and there was some popular song or children's rhyme
> with the words "Maria, pósate" (Maria, land") as a wish to the moth.
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For moth, Spanish uses "polillo"