baiura

Galician

Etymology

Cognate with Asturian bayura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈi̯uɾɐ]

Noun

baiura f (plural baiuras)

1. abundance
2. (figurative) tall tale
   • 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:

     "!Ai qu'engañadiña estás! Non te creas de baiuras, nin de quen faga mesuras, que a culpa tivoa o rapaz.

     Ah, you're so wrong! Don't believe in tall tales nor in who say flatteries, because the blame is on the boy!

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bayura”, 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), “baiura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega