miruéndanu

Asturian

FWOTD – 14 April 2013

Alternative forms

  • meruéndanu
  • biruéganu
  • miriéndanu, miruéganu (Central Asturias)
  • abruéganu, albruéganu, abruegu (Valdés)
  • birduéganu (Mieres)
  • biruébanu (Avilés)
  • birbéranu, biduéranu, bilbéranu (Ayer)
  • meringüéndanu, miringüéndanu, mirigüéndanu (Eastern Mining Basins)
  • meruéganu (Miranda, Proaza, Santoadrianu, Salas)
  • meruénganu (Les Regueres, Patsuezu)
  • mirándanu (Colunga, Villaviciosa)
  • miruénganu (Cabranes, Santoadrianu, Candamo)
  • miruétanu (Ribesella)
  • mirúndanu (Carreño)
  • miruödanu (Cabrales)
  • miruónganu (Grau)
  • moruéganu (Somiedo)
  • muruéndanu, moruéganu, muruéganu (Patsuezu)
  • amuruédanu (Degaña)
  • muruénganu (Miranda)

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Portuguese morango, Galician morango. The meaning shifted to wild strawberry in most dialects due to the influence of the Hispanism fresa (due to the packaging of bought strawberries bearing the Spanish word, similar process to piescu and olla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈɾwendanu/ [miˈɾwẽn̪.d̪a.nu]
  • Rhymes: -endanu
  • Syllabification: mi‧ruén‧da‧nu

Noun

miruéndanu m (plural miruéndanos)

  1. wild strawberry
  2. (archaic) strawberry
    Synonym: fresa

Further reading

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “miruéndanu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “miruéndanu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
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