abesouro

• abesoiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese abesouro, of unknown origin. Perhaps a composite from Latin apis (“bee”) and a derivative of Germanic *sauzaz (“dry; red-brown”).^[1] Cognate with Portuguese besouro (“beetle”).

• IPA^(key): /abeˈsowɾo/ [a.β̞eˈs̺ow.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -owɾo
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧sou‧ro

abesouro m (plural abesouros)

1. bumblebee

• Abesoureira

• abesouro on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “abesouro”, 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), “abesouro”, 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), “abesoiro”, 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), “abesouro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abesouro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN