miñato

Galician

Miñato

Alternative forms

• miato, miñoto, mioto

Etymology

From Old Galician / Old Galician-Portuguese *mĩato (cf. miñoca, niño), from a proto-Galician *milato cognate with Asturian milatu; from Vulgar Latin *mīlus, from Latin mīlvus, and the suffix -ato which usually forms youngs of animals (cf. baleato, lobato). Compare Spanish milano, Portuguese milhano, milhafre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɲato̝/

Noun

miñato m (plural miñatos)

1. buzzard, common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

   Synonyms: bexato, buxato

2. red kite (Milvus milvus)

   Synonym: miñato real

3. gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)

   Synonyms: escacho, rubio

Derived terms

• miñato abelleiro
• miñato real
• Miñotos
• Mioteira
• Miuteira

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mioto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “miñato”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN