aginha
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aginna, agỹa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); probably from Latin agīna, from Latin agō (“I do, act”).[1] Cognate with Galician axiña and Asturian aína.
Pronunciation
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈʒi.ɲɐ/
Adverb
aginha
- (Trás-os-Montes, Minho) soon, promptly
- Synonyms: logo, prontamente, rápido
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “agina”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “agina”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aginha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “aina”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos