Tejo
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese Tejo (see for more).
Proper noun
editTejo
- the Tagus river, especially the Portuguese portion of it
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese Tejo, from Latin Tagus.[1] The change from /ɡ/ to /ʒ/ was an influence of Arabic /d͡ʒ/, while the change from /a/ to /e/ corresponded to a process of imala, absent in Spanish.[2]
Cognate with Galician Texo, Mirandese Teijo, Asturian Texu, Spanish Tajo, Aragonese Tacho and Catalan Tajo.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Te‧jo
Proper noun
editTejo m
- Tagus (a river in Portugal and Spain)
- 1914, Alberto Caeiro, O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia:
- O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia
- The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “Tejo”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ 'Contributos para o estudo da potamonímia portuguesa a norte do Mondego' by Carlos Rocha
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