bidueiro

Galician
bidueiros, Abadín, Galicia

Alternative forms
  • abidueira, bedueiro

Etymology

From a medieval form bitulario, from *bitulo + -eiro, a suffix which forms tree names. From a substrate form *betŭlo-, *bitŭlo-, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *betu- (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“resin, pitch”).[1][2]

Compare bido, bedulo, and bídalo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biðuˈejɾo̝/
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Noun

bidueiro m (plural bidueiros)

  1. birch tree (Betula)
  2. downy birch (Betula pubescens)
    Synonyms: bídalo, bido, bedulo

Derived terms
  • Bidual
  • Bidueda
  • Biduedo
  • Bidueira
  • Bidueiral
  • Bidueiro
  • Bidueiros
  • Biduído

References
  • “bidueyr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “bidueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “bidueiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “bidueiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Cf. Gonzalo Navaza (2006) Fitotoponimia Galega, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, →ISBN, pages 80-89.
  2. Cf. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. abedul.
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