miñato

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *mĩato (cf. miñoca, niño), from a proto-Galician *milato cognate with Asturian milatu; from Vulgar Latin *mīlus, from Latin mīlvus, and the suffix -ato which usually forms youngs of animals (cf. baleato, lobato). Compare Spanish milano, Portuguese milhano, milhafre.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈɲato̝/

Noun

miñato m (plural miñatos)

  1. buzzard, common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
    Synonyms: bexato, buxato
  2. red kite (Milvus milvus)
    Synonym: miñato real
  3. gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)
    Synonyms: escacho, rubio, lamego, lamote, bexato, buxato

Derived terms

  • miñato abelleiro
  • miñato real
  • Miñotos
  • Mioteira
  • Miuteira

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “milano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos