lameiro

Galician

Etymology

From lama (“mud”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmejɾo̝/

Noun

lameiro m (plural lameiros)

1. marsh; wet meadow
   • 1472, José Ignacio Fernández de Viana y Vieites (ed.), Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón, Lugo: Diputación, page 246:

     outro tarreo que jaσ a Ponte da Sããaos Pasantas cabo hun lameyro de Pero Calvo

     another terrain that is by the bridge of [?], next to a meadow of Pero Calvo

   Synonym: prado

2. swamp, mire

   Synonym: braña

Derived terms

• Lameiriño
• Lameiro
• Lameirón

Adjective

lameiro (feminine lameira, masculine plural lameiros, feminine plural lameiras)

1. muddy

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lameyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lameyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lameiro”, 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), “lameiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lameiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From lama (“mud”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ejɾu

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈme(j).ɾu/ [laˈme(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈme(j).ɾu/ [laˈme(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈme(j).ɾo/ [laˈme(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈmɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈmɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈmej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈmej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈme.ɾu/

Noun

lameiro m (plural lameiros)

1. swamp, mire

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

Further reading

• “lameiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026