ontem

Galician

Adverb

ontem

  1. reintegrationist spelling of onte

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • hontem (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese oonte (“yesterday”), from *ãoite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“towards the night”), from nox (“night”).[1] Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese eire.

Cognate with Galician onte and Spanish anoche.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈõ.tẽj̃/ [ˈõ.tẽɪ̯̃], (informal) /ˈõ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈõ.tẽj̃/ [ˈõ.tẽɪ̯̃], (informal) /ˈõ.te/

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  • Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
  • Hyphenation: on‧tem

Adverb

ontem (not comparable)

  1. yesterday
    Coordinate terms: hoje, amanhã

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: ónti
  • Macanese: onte

Noun

ontem m (plural ontens)

  1. yesterday (day before today)
  2. (figurative, poetic) yesterday (the recent past)
    Synonym: passado

References

  1. ^ Edwin Bucher Williams (1938) “Phonology”, in From Latin to Portuguese: historical phonology and morphology of the Portuguese language, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, Groups containing a palatal consonant (section 92), page 85, line 7, A

Further reading

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