abetouro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-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)

  1. bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
  • 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)

  1. bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae)
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