bimar

From Vulgar Latin bīnō (“to do something twice; to work the land twice”), a derivative from Latin bīnī, from bis (“twice, two times”). Cognate with French biner (“to hoe”).

• IPA^(key): [biˈmaɾ]

bimar (first-person singular present bimo, first-person singular preterite bimei, past participle bimado)

1. to replough

   Synonym: aporcar

2. (viticulture) to dig a vineyard for a second time in a season and pile soil around the stem or trunk of each plant

   Synonym: arrendar

   Quen non bima non vendima ― The one who doesn't [bimar] won't vintage.

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bimar”, in Dicionario 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), “bimar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bimar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bimar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN