mão

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mao"

Galician

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Noun

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mão f (plural mãos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of man

Further reading

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  • “mão” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin manum (“hand”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈmã.o/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmã.ʊ/

Noun

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mão f (plural mãos)

  1. hand
    • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Fala: man
  • Galician: man, mao
  • Portuguese: mão (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mão (“hand”), from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Cognate with Galician man, Spanish mano, Catalan mà, Occitan man, French main, Italian mano and Romanian mână.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mão f (plural mãos)

  1. hand
  2. forefoot (either of the front feet of a quadruped)
  3. (card games) hand (a round of a card game)
  4. coat (a covering of material, such as paint)
    Synonym: demão
  5. (sports) leg (a single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest)
  6. (soccer) handball (football offence)
  7. (figurative) hand (an instance of helping)
    Synonyms: ajuda, auxílio
  8. direction (of travel), way

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:mão.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • “mão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier cái) mão

  1. (Central Vietnam) Alternative form of mạo (“headwear, hat, cap”)
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