meniño
See also: menino and Meniño
Galician
Alternative forms
- miniño
Etymology
From Old Portuguese menynno of uncertain origin: maybe from Latin minimus, or either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”). Cognate with Portuguese menino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈniɲo̝/
Noun
meniño m (plural meniños, feminine meniña, feminine plural meniñas)
Related terms
- Meniño (a surname)
- meniñeiro
References
- “menino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “menin” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “meniño” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “meniño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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