milenta

Asturian

Etymology

From mil, "a thousand", with a rarely productive suffix -enta, equivalent to English -ty, extracted by reanalysis from cuarenta (“forty”), cincuenta (“fifty”) etc. Compare Galician millenta and dialectal Portuguese milhenta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈlenta/, /miˈlentɐ/

Noun

milenta f (plural milentas)

  1. a thousand (loosely)
    Synonyms: mil, millar
  2. a zillion; a countless quantity

References

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