azeitona

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d͡zej.ˈto.na/
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: a‧zei‧to‧na

Noun

azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

1. olive (fruit of the olive tree)

   Synonym: oliva

Related terms

• azeite

 

Descendants

• Fala: aceituna, (Mañegu) adeituna, (Lagarteiru) adituna
• Portuguese: azeitona
  • → Hunsrik: Asëitona

References

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

Portuguese

azeitonas

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azeitona, from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”). Compare Asturian and Spanish aceituna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zejˈtõ.nɐ/ [a.zeɪ̯ˈtõ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zejˈtõ.nɐ/ [a.zeɪ̯ˈtõ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zejˈto.na/ [a.zeɪ̯ˈto.na]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɐjˈto.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɐjˈto.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zejˈto.nɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zejˈto.nɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zeˈto.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧zei‧to‧na

Noun

azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

1. olive (fruit)

   Synonym: oliva

Related terms

• azeite
• azeiteira
• azeitoneira

 

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Asëitona