miña

See also: mina, Mina, mína, miná, minā, mină, and -mina

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese mĩa, miña, from Latin mea (“my, mine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɲa̝/

Pronoun

miña f (masculine singular meu, masculine plural meus, feminine singular miña, feminine plural miñas)

1. (possessive) mine, my

   Esta é a miña casa. ― This is my house.

   A casa é miña. ― The house is mine.

   Miña raíña, que tes? ― My queen [my love], what's wrong?

Usage notes

As a determiner it is usually preceded by the definite article a, but not when used in a vocative context.

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

References

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• “miña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “meu” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.