liñeiro

Galician

Alternative forms

niñeiro

Etymology

From niño + -eiro, from Old Portuguese nio, from Latin nīdus (nest), from Proto-Italic *nizdos (nest), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (nest).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈɲejɾo̝/

Noun

liñeiro m (plural liñeiros)

  1. nest

References

  • liñeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
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