contía
Galician edit
Etymology edit
13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese quantia, from Latin quantus (“how much, how many”) probably influenced by contar (“to count”). Cognate with Spanish cuantía.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
contía f (plural contías)
References edit
- “contia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “contia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “contia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “contía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.