abesouro

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Galician

Abesouro

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abesouro, of unknown origin. Perhaps a composite from Latin apis (“bee”) and a derivative of Germanic *sauzaz (“dry; red-brown”). Cognate with Portuguese besouro (“beetle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

abesouro m (plural abesouros)

  1. bumblebee

Derived terms

See also

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “abesouro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abesouro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “abesoiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “abesouro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “abesouro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “abeja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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