{"id":23683,"date":"2024-10-04T14:23:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T14:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23683"},"modified":"2024-10-04T14:34:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T14:34:16","slug":"buttery-donkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23683","title":{"rendered":"Buttery Donkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my Italian lessons today, I learnt the word <strong>burro<\/strong>, which means <strong>butter<\/strong>. In Spanish, the same word means <strong>donkey<\/strong>, and I decided to find out more about these words.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/blog\/butter.jpg\" width=\"609\" height=\"452\" alt=\"Buttery Donkeys\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Burro<\/strong> [\u02c8bur.ro] (butter) in Italian comes from Old French <em>burre<\/em> (butter), from Latin <em>b\u016bt\u0233rum <\/em> (butter), from Ancient Greek <em>\u03b2\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u1fe1\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd<\/em> [b\u01d4\u02d0.ty\u02d0.ron] (butter), from <em>\u03b2\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2<\/em> (bo\u00fbs &#8211; cow) and\u200e \u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2 (tur\u00f3s &#8211; cheese) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/burro#Italian\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>butter<\/strong> in English, <strong>boter<\/strong> (butter) in Dutch, <strong>buerre<\/strong> (butter) in French, and <strong>\u03b2\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf<\/strong> [\u02c8vu.ti.\u027eo] (butter) in Greek [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/simia#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words and expressions in Italian include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>burrific\u00e0re<\/strong> = to churn (cream, to make butter)<\/li>\n<li><strong>burroso<\/strong> = buttery\n<li><strong>imburr\u00e0re<\/strong> = to butter, grease with butter<\/li>\n<li><strong>butirro<\/strong> = butter (for cooking)<\/li>\n<li><strong>avere le mani di burro<\/strong> = to be butter-fingered [<a href=\"https:\/\/context.reverso.net\/translation\/italian-english\/burro\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/102807933@N07\/16145897406\/in\/photolist-qAKWMu-27d9yiS-2ocxdAS-2prGYmW-4ouJ9k-2ocE6qc-2ocze5x-2nEGRP8-2ocEhNq-2maSA1m-h18wW2-2ocze2M-2ocBtk2-vs7K3-7BN7gv-6femxu-RtpSm2-2oYZEE8-2oYZEDM-2oYZjtP-2oUHLzd-2oYZjty-2oYZEEJ-2oUJP8R-2oYZEDw-2oYUaFW-2oYX7Xn-2oYZjw9-2oYZjuR-2oYYb5k-2oYZjxG-2oYX7YE-2oYX7YV-2oYUaFF-2oYUaFL-2oYZEH4-2oYZEGx-2oYZjv2-2oYZjuL-2oUERwu-2oUJPhJ-2oUJPbG-2oUHLyG-2oUJPgM-2oUHLvq-2oUKSXJ-2oUJPif-2oUERJd-2oUKSXt-2oUJPfE\" title=\"Aberdeen Butteries Recipe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7520\/16145897406_9d1b5f24a7_z.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" alt=\"Aberdeen Butteries Recipe\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, in England a <strong>buttery<\/strong> can refer to a room for keeping food or beverages, a storeroom, or a room in a university where snacks are sold. While in Scotland, particularly in Aberdeen, a <strong>buttery<\/strong> is a savoury bread roll (see photo above), also known as a <strong>rowie<\/strong>, <strong>Aberdeen buttery<\/strong>, <strong>Aberdeen roll<\/strong> or <strong>rollie<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/buttery#Noun\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mandj98\/51474917977\/in\/photolist-baJBv-vQr8GW-aZday-4Zrybe-6gAsv6-6gECUh-89U5fP-qM96kT-ujJXE-WLPMU1-bTUCSD-2mqEpKP-3ajMsS-4qB2Rr-gi8FLd-2jSn3bk-cz7jjJ-9pBG9V-2q6aNrD-2j5jBJP-5tcA7w-8a91Yj-6qwK4o-n8apw-bVJ1tw-2kX6CnG-7WekmF-5YuG2m-4M2YwH-5bqz3o-aduevw-4KUM4P-2c4iry-62pWbi-6f7bxZ-2cCTBe9-4Prb2a-5KeWqf-ARWRG-r9mjXK-6sEvCn-2kZarEK-4KmSEL-as5dVf-5zHzf-2jaKDm7-27g2Jyy-8YNTX7-5TLyg-kTtXc\" title=\"Wild Burros\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51474917977_1cf57249b8_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Wild Burros\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish word <strong>burro<\/strong> [\u02c8buro] means stupid, pig-headed, donkey, racehorse, also-ran, stubborn fool, sawhorse or swing [<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/spanish-english\/burro\">source<\/a>]. The same word with similar meanings is also found in Catalan, Galician and Portuguese [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/burro#Spanish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>It comes from <strong>borrico<\/strong> (donkey, a stubborn, lazy, or stupid person), from Latin <em>burricus<\/em> (small horse), from <em>burrus<\/em> (red, reddish-brown), from Ancient Greek <em>\u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2<\/em> (purrh\u00f3s &#8211; flame colored, red-haired, red, blushing), from <em>\u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1<\/em> (p\u00fbr &#8211; fire, lightning, fever), Proto-Hellenic <em>*p\u0101w\u0259r<\/em>, from Proto-Indo-European <em>*p\u00e9h\u2082wr\u0325<\/em> (fire, spelt [grain]) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/burro#Spanish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>burlap<\/strong> (a very strong, coarse cloth), <strong>fire<\/strong>, <strong>purge<\/strong>, <strong>pyre<\/strong>, <strong>pyromancy<\/strong> (divination by fire) in English;  <strong>\u03c0\u03c5\u03c1<\/strong> (pyr &#8211; fire) in Greek; <strong>vuur<\/strong> (fire, heater, lighter) in Dutch, and <strong>fona<\/strong> (spark) in Portuguese [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/simia#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words and expressions in Spanish include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>burrero<\/strong> =  horse-loving, race-going, mule\/donley driver, coarse person, horse-lover<\/li>\n<li><strong>burro de agua<\/strong> = big wave<\/li>\n<li><strong>burro de carga<\/strong> = workhorse, dogsbody, beast of burden, drudge, pack mule<\/li>\n<li><strong>burro de planchar<\/strong> = ironing board<\/li>\n<li><strong>lomo de burro<\/strong> = speed bump<\/li>\n<li><strong>salto de burro<\/strong> = leapfrog<\/li>\n<li><strong>ponerse burro<\/strong> = to dig one&#8217;s heels in, be pigheaded<\/li>\n<li><strong>caerse del burro<\/strong> = to admit defeat<\/li>\n<li><strong>no ver tres en un burro<\/strong> = to be as blind as a bat<\/li>\n<li><strong>trabajar como un burro<\/strong> = to work like a dog \/ horse [<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/spanish-english\/burro\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my Italian lessons today, I learnt the word burro, which means butter. In Spanish, the same word means donkey, and I decided to find out more about these words. Burro [\u02c8bur.ro] (butter) in Italian comes from Old French burre (butter), from Latin b\u016bt\u0233rum (butter), from Ancient Greek \u03b2\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u1fe1\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd [b\u01d4\u02d0.ty\u02d0.ron] (butter), from \u03b2\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2 (bo\u00fbs &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,94,102,104,107,111,113,118,128,10,15,34,41,45,46,64,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-greek-","category-catalan","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-galician","category-greek","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-old-french","category-portuguese","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-italic","category-spanish","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23683"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23694,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23683\/revisions\/23694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}