ameneiro

Galician

Alternative forms

• ameiro

Etymology

Old Galician-Portuguese ameneyro (attested since 1457), from a substrate language's *amenno ("alder") + -eiro, a suffix which forms tree names; compare the related terms amieiro. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ameˈnei̯ɾʊ]

Noun

ameneiro m (plural ameneiros)

1. black alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)

   Synonyms: abeneiro, amieiro

2. black alder wood

Usage notes

Abeneiro or ameneiro is the usual name of the black alder in northwestern Galicia, while amieiro is the usual name in the south and the east.

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ameneyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “ameneiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ameneiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “amieiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.