llampuga

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʎəmˈpu.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ʎamˈpu.ɣa]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lampūca, from lampas (“lamp; torch”). Or perhaps from Ancient Greek λάμπουσα (lámpousa), present active participle of λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”).

llampuga f (plural llampugues)

1. sheet lightning
2. mahi-mahi

• (lightning): llampó, llampec
• (fish): llampec, daurat

• llampuc

Back-formation from llampúgol, variant form of llampúdol.

llampuga f (plural llampugues)

1. common privet (Ligustrum vulgare)

   Synonym: olivereta

2. Mediterranean buckthorn (Rhamnus alaternus)

   Synonym: aladern

• “llampuga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007