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Esperanto
Etymology
From French bourdon.
Pronunciation
Noun
burdo (accusative singular burdon, plural burdoj, accusative plural burdojn)
- bumble-bee
Latin
Etymology
Not natively Latin since an initial v would be expected; probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *burdus (“mule”), according to Whatmough, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus, *gʷrd-o- (“slow, heavy, tired”).
Pronunciation
Noun
burdō m or f (genitive burdōnis); third declension
- mule; hinny (offspring of a jackass and a mare or of a stallion and a jenny)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Adams, J. N. (1993) “The Generic Use of “Mula” and the Status and Employment of Female Mules in the Roman World”, in Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, volume 136, →DOI, pages 55–60
- Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “burdo”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 78
- “burdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- burdo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- burdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, Volume 29, Issue 2 (1981)
- Latin Notes, Volumes 1-6 (1923)
Sardinian
Etymology
From Late Latin burdus (“bastard, mule”), probably of Celtic origin.
Noun
burdo
- bastard
- not original
- not working properly
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin burdus (“bastard, mule”), probably of Celtic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuɾdo/
- Rhymes: -uɾdo
- Syllabification: bur‧do
Adjective
burdo (feminine burda, masculine plural burdos, feminine plural burdas)
- coarse, rough
- crude
- Synonyms: crudo, rudo
verdaderos burdos- harsh realities
- rude, uncouth
- Synonym: bruto
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