manteiga

See also: Manteiga

Galician

Etymology

12th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga, already attested with this spelling in a Galician Latin document from 1118; from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European (cf. Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian сметана (smetana), Polish śmietana, Slovak smotana and Slovene smetana). Cognate with Portuguese manteiga, Asturian mantega, Spanish manteca and Catalan mantega.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /manˈtejɡa/ [mãn̪ˈt̪ej.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /manˈtejɡa/ [mãn̪ˈt̪ej.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /manˈtejħa/ [mãn̪ˈt̪ej.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ejɡa

• Rhymes: -ejɡa
• Rhymes: -ejħa

• Hyphenation: man‧tei‧ga

Noun

manteiga f (plural manteigas)

1. butter
   • 1286, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:

     huna escaa de manteyga et dous queygios

     one bowl of butter and two cheeses

2. clarified butter

Derived terms

• Manteiga
• manteigoso

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “manteiga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “manteiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manteiga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “manteiga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manteiga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈtei̯ɡa/

Noun

manteiga f (plural manteigas)

1. butter

Descendants

• Galician: manteiga
• Portuguese: manteiga (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "manteiga"

Portuguese

manteiga

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga, of uncertain origin. Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia such as Iberian or Celtiberian.

Cognate with Galician and Mirandese manteiga, Asturian and Catalan mantega, Spanish and Aragonese manteca and possibly with Proto-Slavic *sъmetana (“sour cream”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈte(j).ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈte(j).ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈte(j).ɡa/ [mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɣɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈtej.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈtej.ɣɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈtej.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈtej.ɣɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈte.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈte.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -eɡɐ, -ejɡɐ, -ɐjɡɐ
• Hyphenation: man‧tei‧ga

Noun

manteiga f (plural manteigas)

1. butter (fatty and unctuous substance obtained from the cream of milk)
2. lard
3. fatty substance of some vegetables
4. (figuratively) lip service

Derived terms

• amanteigar
• feijão-manteiga
• manteiga de amendoim
• manteiga de cacau
• manteigaria
• manteigueira
• manteigueiro
• manteiguinha
• mãos de manteiga

Descendants

• → Javanese: ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦒ (mantéga), ꦩꦼꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦒ (mentéga), ꦩꦼꦂꦠꦺꦒ (mertéga)
• → Malay: mentega
  • Indonesian: mentega
  • → Min Nan: 文地牙
• → Sundanese: ᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮌ (mantéga)
• → Tetum: manteiga

Further reading

• “manteiga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “manteiga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese manteiga (“butter”), from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga.

Noun

manteiga

1. butter