abeneiro
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Galician
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *abenno- (“alder”) + -eiro which forms tree names; from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abeneiro m (plural abeneiros)
- black alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)
Usage notes
[edit]Abeneiro or ameneiro is the usual name of the black alder in northwestern Galicia, while amieiro is the usual name in the south and the east.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abeneiro”, 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), “abeneiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amieiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN