burdo

See also: Burdo

Esperanto

Etymology

From French bourdon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈburdo]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -urdo
  • Hyphenation: bur‧do

Noun

burdo (accusative singular burdon, plural burdoj, accusative plural burdojn)

  1. bumble-bee

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Not natively Latin since an initial v would be expected; probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *burdus (mule), according to Whatmough, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus, *gʷrd-o- (slow, heavy, tired).

Pronunciation

Noun

burdō m or f (genitive burdōnis); third declension

  1. mule; hinny (offspring of a jackass and a mare or of a stallion and a jenny)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative burdō burdōnēs
Genitive burdōnis burdōnum
Dative burdōnī burdōnibus
Accusative burdōnem burdōnēs
Ablative burdōne burdōnibus
Vocative burdō burdōnēs

Derived terms

  • burdōnicus
  • burdōnārius
  • burdunculus

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: βουρδών (bourdṓn)
    • Classical Syriac: ܒܰܪܕܽܘܢܳܐ (barḏūnā)

References

  • Adams, J. N. (1993) “The Generic Use of “Mula” and the Status and Employment of Female Mules in the Roman World”, in Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, volume 136, →DOI, pages 55–60
  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “burdo”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 78
  • burdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • burdo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • burdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  • The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, Volume 29, Issue 2 (1981)
  • Latin Notes, Volumes 1-6 (1923)

Sardinian

Alternative forms

  • burdu

Etymology

From Late Latin burdus (bastard, mule), probably of Celtic origin.

Noun

burdo

  1. bastard
  2. not original
  3. not working properly

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin burdus (bastard, mule), probably of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuɾdo/ [ˈbuɾ.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -uɾdo
  • Syllabification: bur‧do

Adjective

burdo (feminine burda, masculine plural burdos, feminine plural burdas)

  1. coarse, rough
  2. crude
    Synonyms: crudo, rudo
    verdaderos burdos
    harsh realities
  3. rude, uncouth
    Synonym: bruto

Further reading

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