oonte

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• onte

Etymology

From *aõite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“at night”), from nox (“night”) or hac noctem. Cognate with Old Spanish anoche and Old French anuit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈõ.te/

Adverb

oonte

1. yesterday

   Synonym: eire

   • 13th century, Pero Garcia Burgalês, Maria negra desventuirada; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 1384 (facsimile):

     Oonte ao ſeraã

     Yesterday, in the evening

Descendants

• Galician: onte
• Portuguese: ontem (see there for further descendants)
• → Mirandese: onte

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “onte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “oonte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “oonte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “oonte”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN