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): /abeˈtowɾo/ [a.β̞eˈt̪ow.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -owɾo
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧tou‧ro

Noun

abetouro m (plural abetouros)

1. bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

Related terms

• 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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.beˈto(w).ɾu/ [a.beˈto(ʊ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.beˈto(w).ɾu/ [a.beˈto(ʊ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.beˈto(w).ɾo/ [a.beˈto(ʊ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈto(w).ɾu/ [ɐ.βɨˈto(w).ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈto(w).ɾu/ [ɐ.βɨˈto(w).ɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈtow.ɾu/ [ɐ.βɨˈtow.ɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈto.ɾu/ [ɐ.βɨˈto.ɾu]

• Hyphenation: a‧be‧tou‧ro

Noun

abetouro m (plural abetouros)

1. bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae)