buio
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *bodyos (“yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *badyo- (“yellow, brown”).
NounEdit
buio m (plural buios)
- beeswax ball (formed after removing honey from comb)
- crude wax
- belly
- Synonym: bandullo
- bunch of grapes after being squeezed out in the winepress, pomace
ReferencesEdit
- “buyo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *burius (“red; dark”), from Latin furvus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-on, cognate with Old English dosen (“dark brown”).
AdjectiveEdit
buio (feminine singular buia, masculine plural bui, feminine plural buie)
- dark (contrary of luminous)
SynonymsEdit
NounEdit
buio m (plural bui)
- darkness, dark
- E nel buio sognavo la tua mano leggera.
- And in the darkness I dreamed of your gentle touch.