algures
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese algur (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably a blend of algum + allur. Related to Portuguese alhures.
Pronunciation
Adverb
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- somewhere (else)
- De algures virá ese cheiro, non si? ― That smell must come from somewhere, isn't it?
- Antonym: ningures
References
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- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “algur”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “algures”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese allures (Modern Portuguese alhures), allur, influenced by algũu (Modern Portuguese algum).
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /aw.ˈɡu.ɾes/
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- Hyphenation: al‧gu‧res
Adverb
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- somewhere (else), elsewhere
- 1868, Júlio Dinis, “XXIV”, in Uma Família Ingleza:
- Se o amor de saber define etymologicamente o philosopho, difficil será encontrar algures individualidade tão bem acondicionada para se lhe encabeçar o disputado titulo, como a snr.ª Joséfinha da Agua-benta; que por este nome era sua graça conhecida em todo o bairro.
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Antonyms
- (somewhere): nenhures
Categories:
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Old Galician-Portuguese blends
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician terms with usage examples
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with quotations