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Galician
Etymology
From cova (“cave, grave”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Noun
coveiro m (plural coveiros)
- gravedigger
- den
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coveiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coveiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From cova (“grave”) + -eiro (“-eer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
coveiro m (plural coveiros, feminine coveira, feminine plural coveiras)
- gravedigger (a person employed to dig graves)