seña
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sena"
Galician
editAlternative forms
edit- senha (Reintegrationist)
Etymology
editAttested since the 14th century, from Latin signa, from signum, of Proto-Indo-European origin. Doublet of sino, seño, and signo. Cognate of Portuguese senha, Spanish seña.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editseña f (plural señas)
- sign, indication
- Synonym: signo
- gesture
- password (a word used to gain access)
- Synonym: contrasinal
References
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “senna”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Spanish, from Latin signa, plural of signum. Compare Catalan senya and English sign.
Noun
editseña f (plural señas)
- sign, indication
- Synonym: indicación
- gesture
- Synonym: gesto
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editseña
- inflection of señar:
Further reading
edit- “seña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Galician doublets
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Galician/eɲa
- Rhymes:Galician/eɲa/2 syllables
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɲa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɲa/2 syllables
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms
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