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mingua

See also: míngua

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mingua. Deverbal from minguar. Compare Portuguese míngua and Spanish mengua.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mingua m (plural minguas)

  1. loss, decrease
    Synonyms: devalo, diminución
  2. lack
    Synonym: marra
  3. (dated) blemish, disgrace
    Synonym: tacha

References edit

  • “mingua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “mingua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “mingua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “mingua” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

mingua

  1. inflection of minguar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Deverbal from minguar

Noun edit

mingua f

  1. lack

Descendants edit

  • Galician: mingua
  • Portuguese: míngua

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: min‧gu‧a

Verb edit

mingua

  1. inflection of minguar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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