nemigalla
Old Galician-Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom nen (“not even”) + *migalla (“crumb”); literally: not even a crumb.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editnemigalla
- absolutely nothing
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 178 (facsimile):
- ⁊ por aqueſta Razon leuou o Padre ſeu fillo por non ſaber nemigalla
- And for this reason the father took his son away, so he wouldn’t know anything.
- ⁊ por aqueſta Razon leuou o Padre ſeu fillo por non ſaber nemigalla