abetouro
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese betouro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from the same origin that Old French butor, from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”), apparently because of its call.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aβeˈtowɾo̝/
Noun
abetouro m (plural abetouros)
- bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Related terms
- buxato
References
- “betouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “betouro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “abetouro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Noun
abetouro m (plural abetouros)
- bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae)