galiña

• galinha (reintegrationist)
• galía (NE Galician)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galinha (“hen”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”). Cognate with Portuguese galinha and Spanish gallina.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈliɲa̝/

galiña f (plural galiñas)

1. hen

   Synonym: pita

• galo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “galinna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “galiña”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galiña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “galiña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galiña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Portuguese galinha and Kabuverdianu galinha.

The Portuguese word comes from Latin gallina.

galiña

1. hen
2. chicken
3. girl