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Galician

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Os maios
 
Os maios

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese mayo, from Latin Maius.

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Noun

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maio m (plural maios)

  1. May
    Maio me molla, maio me enxuga, con raza de sol e raza de chuvia (traditional song)
    May soaks me, May makes me dry, with rays of sun and gusts of rain
  2. (in the plural) traditional celebration held the first day of May
  3. vegetable construction made for this celebration
  4. person that during the aforementioned feast covers his or her clothes with flowers and twigs
  5. traditional song sing during the celebrations held the first day of May

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References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “mayo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “mayo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • maio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • maio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • maio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

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Noun

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maio (plural maios)

  1. May (month)

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mayo, from Latin Maius.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.u/ [ˈmaɪ̯.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.o/ [ˈmaɪ̯.o]

  • Rhymes: -aju
  • Hyphenation: mai‧o
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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maio m (plural maios)

  1. May

Descendants

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  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: mai
  • Kabuverdianu: mai, maiu
  • Tetum: maiu

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