cántiga

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Galician[edit]

Vindel's parchment, containing cántigas by 13th century Galician author Martin Codax

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga, either from cantar or from a Celtic substrate form *cantǐcā or *cantīcā,[1] related to Proto-Celtic *kaneti (“to sing”) and *kantlom (“song”), themselves from the same ultimate source as cantar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cántiga f (plural cántigas)

  1. folk song
  2. cantiga

References[edit]

  • “cantiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cantiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cántiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cántiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cantiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cantiga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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