lameiro

Galician

Etymology

From lama (mud) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈmejɾo̝/

Noun

lameiro m (plural lameiros)

  1. marsh; wet meadow
    • 1472, José Ignacio Fernández de Viana y Vieites (ed.), Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón, Lugo: Diputación, page 246:
      outro tarreo que jaσ a Ponte da Sããaos Pasantas cabo hun lameyro de Pero Calvo
      another terrain that is by the bridge of [?], next to a meadow of Pero Calvo
    Synonym: prado
  2. swamp, mire
    Synonym: braña

Derived terms

  • Lameiriño
  • Lameiro
  • Lameirón

Adjective

lameiro (feminine lameira, masculine plural lameiros, feminine plural lameiras)

  1. muddy

References


Portuguese

Etymology

From lama (mud) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ejɾu
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈme(j).ɾu/ [laˈme(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈme(j).ɾo/ [laˈme(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 

Noun

lameiro m (plural lameiros)

  1. swamp, mire
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano