aquén

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • aquende (archaic)
  • acuende (archaic)
  • acuén (archaic)
  • aquendi (Cabrales)

Etymology

From Old Leonese aquende (1296, Fuero de Zamora), from Latin *eccum inde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈken/ [aˈkẽŋ]
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: a‧quén

Adverb

aquén

  1. here; closer; at this side
    Antonyms: allén, acullá
    • 1885, Apolinar Rato de Argüelles, Carta en Bable dirigida al Excmo. Sr. presidente de la Real Academia Española[1]:
      é utres que los Lletraos recoyeron gusmiando é apelucando per deyures, aquende é allende la mar
      and others that the scholars collected by sniffing and peeling around, here and beyond the sea

References

  • “aquén” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aquen (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin *eccum inde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈkeŋ/

Adverb

aquén

  1. here; closer; at this side
    Antonym: alén

References