aque

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aque (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ecce.

Interjection

aque

1. behold!

   Synonym: eis

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 211:

     Aque aqui o que tu chamasche.

     Behold, here it is the one you summoned.

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aque”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aque”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG