linguaxe

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lenguage; attested as linguage since circa 1300 in Old Galician chronicles. A medieval borrowing of Old Occitan lenguatge or Old French language, from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, from Classical Latin lingua. Cognate of Portuguese linguagem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liŋˈɡwaʃe̝/

Noun

linguaxe f (plural linguaxes)

1. a language

   Synonyms: fala, idioma, lingua

   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: CSIC, page 19:

     «Osana fili[o] Dauidi», que quer dizer en lingoajen galego: señor faysnos saluos

     «Osana fili[o] Dauidi», which means, translated into Galician language: señor faysnos salvos [Lord, save us]

Related terms

• lingua

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lenguage”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nguage”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “linguaxe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega