miúdo
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)
- small
- Synonym: pequeno
- 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
- Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.
- Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one a crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and aguanetas [?], four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, one crown.
- Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.
- smallish
- Synonym: pequeneiro
Related terms edit
Noun edit
miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)
- (usually in the plural) child
- (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal (food)
- Synonym: miudanza
Adverb edit
miúdo
References edit
- “miudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “miud” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “miudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “miúdo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “miúdo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mi‧ú‧do
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo, from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“to diminish”). Doublet of minuto.
Adjective edit
miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.
Noun edit
miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.
Noun edit
miúdo m (plural miúdos)
- (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
miúdo
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:miudar.