galiña

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See also: galina, Galina, and Gaļina

Galician[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galinha (“hen”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”). Cognate with Portuguese galinha and Spanish gallina.

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Noun[edit]

galiña f (plural galiñas)

  1. hen
    Synonym: pita

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References[edit]

  • “galinna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “galiña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “galiña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “galiña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “galiña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese galinha and Spanish gallina and Kabuverdianu galinha.

The Portuguese word comes from Latin gallina.

Noun[edit]

galiña

  1. hen
  2. chicken
  3. girl
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