passaro

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pasaro

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *passarum, from Latin passer, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasaɾo/

Noun

*passaro m (plural passaros)

1. bird
   • 13th century, Airas Nunez, [cantiga 872]; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, 1525–c.1526, cantiga 872:

     Candeu paſſo p algũas Ribeiras
     ſo bõas aruores p bõos prados
     ſe cantã hy paſſaros namorados
     logeu cõ amores hy uou cantãdo
     ⁊ logahy damores uou trobando
     e faco cantares e mil maneyras

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Only attested in the plural.

Derived terms

• passareyro
• passarinho

 

Descendants

• Fala: paixaru
• Galician: paxaro
• Portuguese: pássaro

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “passaro”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “passaro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pas+aros”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG