Fromparto +-eiro.
- IPA(key): /paɾˈtejɾa/[paɾˈt̪ej.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes:-ejɾa
- Hyphenation:par‧tei‧ra
parteira f (pluralparteiras)
- midwife
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parteira”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parteira”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parteira”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN
Fromparto(“birth; delivery”) +-eira(“-eer”), fromOld Galician-Portugueseparto, fromLatinpartus(“birth”), frompariō(“to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce”), fromProto-Indo-European*per-(“to bring forth”).
- Rhymes:-ejɾɐ
- Hyphenation:par‧tei‧ra
parteira f (pluralparteiras)
- midwife(person who assists in childbirth)
- female equivalent ofparteiro
