wielewaal

Dutch

Oriolus oriolus in Nederlandsche vogelen, 1770-1829

Alternative forms

• wiedewaal (now dialectal)

Etymology

From older wiedewaal by assimilation of -d- to -l-, from Middle Dutch wedewale. The first part, wede- probably stems from Proto-West Germanic *widu (“wood, forest”), whereas -wale could be onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋi.ləˌʋaːl/

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• Hyphenation: wie‧le‧waal

Noun

wielewaal m (plural wielewalen, diminutive wielewaaltje n)

1. the golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus
2. an oriole, any bird of the genus Oriolus

Further reading

• wielewaal (vogel) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl