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”).

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

Related terms

• bidual, biduedo, biduíza: "birch forest"
• bedulo, bídalo, bido: "birch tree"

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bidueyr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “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.