mão
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mao"
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Old Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mão f
- hand
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):
- Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
- How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.
- Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- maõ (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese mão (“hand”), from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Galician man, Spanish mano, Catalan mà, Occitan man, French main, Italian mano and Romanian mână.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mão f (plural mãos)
- hand
- 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 52:
- Apontara com a mão machucada.
- He had pointed it using his wounded hand.
- Apontara com a mão machucada.
- 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 52:
Quotations[edit]
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:mão.
Related terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Kabuverdianu: mo
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