jinela

Macanese edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese janela (“window”).

Noun edit

jinela

window
nhonha na jinela
young lady at the window

Mirandese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Portuguese jinela (variant of janela), from Vulgar Latin *iānuella, diminutive of Latin iānua (“door, entry”). Its Portuguese origin is indicated by the /l/ (a native outcome would have had /ʎ/).

Noun edit

jinela f (plural jinelas)

window
- 1987, Manuel da Costa Fontes, Romanceiro da Província de Trás-os-montes, Acta Universitatis Conimbrigensis, page 446:
  […] ũa jinela mui alta;
  […] a very tall window;

Portuguese edit

Noun edit

jinela f (plural jinelas)

(regional) Alternative form of janela