retrunyir

From a Vulgar Latin *retronnīre, blend of Latin retinnīre (“resound”) and tonitrus (“thunder”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.tɾuˈɲi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.tɾuˈɲiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

retrunyir (first-person singular present retrunyo, first-person singular preterite retrunyí, past participle retrunyit)

1. (intransitive) to roar, to thunder
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 14, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     A la volta del far retrunyia la veu ronca d'en Batís, martiritzant la seva esclava.

     At the other side of the lighthouse, Batís's hoarse voice roared, tormenting his slave.

• retruny
• retrunyiment

• “retrunyir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “retrunyir”, 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