monje

See also: Monje

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• monge (alt. spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus. Doublet of moogo, the inherited form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmond͡ʒe/

Noun

monje m (plural monjes)

1. monk

Descendants

• Galician: monxe
• Portuguese: monge

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonʒe/

Noun

monje m (plural monjes)

1. monk

Descendants

• Spanish: monje
  • → Cebuano: monghe
  • → Tagalog: monghe

Sidamo

Moogo.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Kambaata moogu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːɡo/
• Hyphenation: moo‧go

Noun

monje m (plural moogga f)

1. grave

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “monje”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish monje, from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonxe/ [ˈmõŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -onxe
• Syllabification: mon‧je

Noun

monje m (plural monjes, feminine monja, feminine plural monjas)

1. monk

Derived terms

• el hábito no hace al monje
• fruta del monje ("monk fruit")
• monjil

 

Related terms

• monasterio
• monja

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: monghe
• → Tagalog: monghe

Further reading

• “monje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014