abesouro

• abesoiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese abesouro, of unknown origin. Perhaps a composite from Latin apis (“bee”) and a derivative of Germanic *sauzaz (“dry; red-brown”).[1] Cognate with Portuguese besouro (“beetle”).

• IPA^(key): /aβeˈsowɾo̝/

abesouro m (plural abesouros)

1. bumblebee

• Abesoureira

• abesouro on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

• “abesouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “abesouro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “abesoiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abesouro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abesouro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.