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ortwin

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Re: what do you think about this names around the world?
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2023, 04:32:12 PM »

In Romanian the word for top is


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Re: what do you think about this names around the world?
« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2023, 02:24:33 PM »

In Spain we speak different languages.
Most of Spain speaks only spanish but:
In Galicia we speak galician and spanish. In galician the word for spinning top is buxaina.
In Cataluña they speak also catalán and the word in catalan is baldufa and virolet for finger tops
In Pais Basque (Euskadi) the word in euskera  is ziba
In Aragón the word in aragonés  is galdrufa

In Spain we usually say peonza most of time, but we also say trompo.

But like in many countries sometines in villages on small places they have a especial word for spinning top, and some of this words are:
 aloca, apón, atintun, bailarete, bailarín, bailarina, bailarón, bailarote, bailaruja, baldofa, baldrufa, baldufa, baldufí, baldufó, balladora, ballarí, ballaruc, ballaruca, ballarufa, ballaruga, ballaruja, barallufa, baralluga, baratzcae, bébeda, bíbora, bola, bolo, bolborita, buxaina, cascarabar, cascarabil, ciba, cibo, cibota, cupoll, curcubio, curcubita, curculusac, curlu, cuscuillu, cusculaca, chiba, chompa, chombo, gabacha, galdrufa, galodrufa, gallofa, gansa, jibe, kaskarabar, kaskarabil, kurkubio, kurkubita, kuskuilu, lotzurr, mail, maila mailca, mailtxorr, mailla, moninfla, peón, peona, peonza, perindola, perinola, perolo, peuca, piao, piasca, pimpirinola, piñola, piola, pión, piona, pionza, pirindola, pirola, pirulo, piruya, piuca, pospilla, pospolina, rebaila, rebailadora, rebailota, reballadora, repeón, repeonza, repiola, repión, repiona, repionela, rimpión, rimpionza, rimponcia, rulla, sapakon, serrompa, tarusa, tornera, tortelesac, tromba, trombo, trompa, trompico, trompicón, trompiche, trompichón, trompillo, trompique, trompitxo, trompo, turtulizak, txantxanbola, txantxanpero, txantxilikote, txantxari, txoko, xarpaco, ziba, zibota, zibu, zompa, zompo y zumbique.
But this names aren`t unknown for most of the people.

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Re: what do you think about this names around the world?
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2023, 10:32:13 AM »

Mm, that there are so many different names for a top is an indication that the top originated in Spain or at least developed greatly there. If it had been introduced from another culture/country you would expect the name to be much more uniform throughout Spain. You can see this phenomenon often in ethnography.
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Re: what do you think about this names around the world?
« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2023, 12:36:25 PM »

But like in many countries sometines in villages on small places they have a especial word for spinning top, and some of this words are....

So many wonderful names here! From now on, I'm calling my tops repiolas.
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Re: what do you think about this names around the world?
« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2023, 06:09:57 AM »

Finally I found the article that explain about these  names in spanish. I didn't remember about it, but these post hit my brain and I look for the publication. It is "Revista de dialectología y tradiciones populares" from 1961.

I give the copy of this article here. It is in spanish but I think it is a very good issue about de names of the spinning top , sometimes a little much information.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BifbYJoPNHZp_LXs7jlQme8ukAFHl-lK/view?usp=share_link

Thanks for the post because of this I it remember information that  I had forgot.

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Re: what do you think about this names around the world?
« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2023, 10:58:56 AM »

Thanks for the document, Marcelino! Lots of information there!

So many wonderful names here! From now on, I'm calling my tops repiolas.
Any reason? In Spanish piola means string. In Argentina and Uruguay it is also used for a person who is cool. Repiola would be a person who is very cool and repiolas is the plural.
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Re: what do you think about this names around the world?
« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2023, 02:05:19 PM »

I never use the word piola but the  Diccionario de la Real Academia de España (oficial dictionary of spain) say:

piola1  Del lat. *pediŏla 'traba'.

1. f. Cuerda delgada.

2. f. Mar. Cabo pequeño formado de dos o tres filásticas.

3. f. Mur. Especie de triquitraque.

piola2

1. adj. coloq. Arg. y Ur. Simpático, de trato agradable. U. t. c. s.

2. adj. coloq. Arg. Astuto, listo. U. t. c. s.

quedarse piola

1. loc. verb. coloq. Arg. Quedarse al margen.


Repiola isn't in the dicctionary
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Re: what do you think about this names around the world?
« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2023, 02:40:35 PM »

I never use the word piola but the  Diccionario de la Real Academia de España (oficial dictionary of spain) say:
Both piola and the diminutive piolín are commonly used in Uruguay for strings.

From an online dictionary (https://www.que-quiere-decir.com/repiola/)
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Repiola se refiere a aquello que es muy bueno, excelente o de aspecto positivo.

En general se refiere a alguien inteligente, hábil o astuto, aunque también puede referirse a una persona tranquila y callada, según el país

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