galiña

See also: galina, Galina, and Gaļina

Galician

Alternative forms

• galía (NE Galician)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈliɲa̝/

Noun

galiña f (plural galiñas)

1. hen

   Synonym: pita

Derived terms

• deitar a galiña
• Galiña
• galiña choca
• Galiñeira
• galiñeiro
• Galiñeiro

Related terms

• galo

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “galiña”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “galiña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese galinha and Spanish gallina and Kabuverdianu galinha.

The Portuguese word comes from Latin gallina.

Noun

galiña

1. hen
2. chicken
3. girl