turnstile (rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas) · hub (point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted) · lug wrench, wheel brace (X-shaped socket wrench)
köken: Unknown, maybe from choto; also proposed from jota, Spanish name of letter j, because of mocking, festive aspect of the joker card figure applied to some gay males. One proposed etymology links it to the Classical Nahuatl xôtoj (“homosexual”). Another version is that gay and queer men were held in the J bay of the Lecumberri prison in Mexico City (J is pronounced "jota" in Spanish).
köken: From Byzantine Greek πεταλούδα (petaloúda), of uncertain further origin. Probably from an earlier unattested *πεταλίδα (*petalída) with change of suffix to -ούδα (-oúda), from the root underlying Ancient Greek πέτᾰλον (pétălon, “leaf, petal”) + -ίδα (-ída), with possible influence from the marginally-attested πετηλίς (petilís, “locust”). Alternatively, from Ancient Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi, “to…
köken: First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean 나ᄇᆡ〮 (Yale: nàpóy). Also attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 나뵈〮 (Yale: nàpwóy). Perhaps etymologically 나봇 (nabot, ideophonic root for fluttering) + -이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix), literally "flutterer". Compare 나부끼다 (nabukkida, “to flutter in the wind”), 나붓거리다…
köken: Unknown. Possibly from a root *flutulus, or deverbative from flutura. Related to Albanian flutur, and possibly derived from it; alternatively, it may have a substratum root akin to it, or simply be of imitative origin. Compare also Aromanian flitur.
Etimoloji
From Old Galician-Portuguese berbeleta of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include: * Old Galician-Portuguese *belbeleta, from Vulgar Latin *belbellita, from bellus (“beautiful”). * Vulgar Latin *papilitta, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”). Cognate with Galician bolboreta.