nemigalla
Old Portuguese
FWOTD – 30 December 2012
Etymology
From nen (“not even”) + *migalla (“crumb”); literally: not even a crumb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nemiˈɡaʎa/
Adverb
nemigalla
- absolutely nothing
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 178 (facsimile):
- ⁊ por aqueſta Razon leuou o Padre ſeu fillo por non ſaber nemigalla
- And for this reason the father took his son away, so he wouldn’t know anything.
- ⁊ por aqueſta Razon leuou o Padre ſeu fillo por non ſaber nemigalla
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 178 (facsimile):
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