meninho
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possibly from Latin minimus; compare the Spanish phrase mi niño. Or, possibly an expressive cry, compared with Catalan minyó (“boy”), French mignon (“cute”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
meninho m (plural meninhos, feminine meninha, feminine plural meninhas)
Noun edit
meninho m (plural meninhos, feminine meninha, feminine plural meninhas)
- boy (young male human)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 6 (facsimile):
- Eſta e como ſanta maria reſſucitou ao menỹo que o Judeu matara por que cantaua Gaude uirgo maria.
- This one is how Holy Mary resurrected the boy who the Jew had killed because he sang Gaude Virgo Maria.
- Eſta e como ſanta maria reſſucitou ao menỹo que o Judeu matara por que cantaua Gaude uirgo maria.