wielewaal

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • wiedewaal (now dialectal)

Etymology

From older wiedewaal by assimilation of -d- to -l-, from Middle Dutch wedewale. The first part, wede- probably stems from Proto-West Germanic *widu (“wood, forest”), whereas -wale could be onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋi.ləˌʋaːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wie‧le‧waal

Noun

wielewaal m (plural wielewalen, diminutive wielewaaltje n)

  1. golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
  2. oriole, any bird of the genus Oriolus

Further reading

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