morriña

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Cognate of Portuguese morrinha and English murrain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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morriña f (plural morriñas)

  1. longing; nostalgia; homesickness
    • (1986), Luís Caparrós Esperante, O Tempo como Castigo na Lírica de Rosalía in Actas do Congresso Internacional de estudios sobre Rosalía de Castro e o seu tempo, Consello da Cultura Galega, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 158:
      A morriña de Galicia confúndese coa morriña do pasado; a morriña do emigrante aseméllase á morriña polos bos tempos idos.
      The longing for Galicia is confused with the longing for the past; the emigrant’s longing is similar to the longing for good times gone by.
  2. murrain
  3. grime
    Synonyms: cotra, lorda

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References

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Galician morriña, ultimately from a form of Latin mori (to die).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /moˈriɲa/ [moˈri.ɲa]
  • Rhymes: -iɲa
  • Syllabification: mo‧rri‧ña

Noun

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morriña f (uncountable)

  1. (pathology, veterinary medicine) murrain
    Synonyms: comalia, hidropesía, zangarriana
  2. (colloquial) homesickness, nostalgia
    Synonyms: añoranza, melancolía, musepo, nostalgia
  3. (Andalusia, Canary Islands) sleepiness, somnolence, especially following a meal
    Synonym: modorra
  4. (Canary Islands) drizzle
    Synonyms: llovizna, sirimiri

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