mantenza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *mantẽença, from manter +‎ -enza. Compare English maintenance.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /manˈtɛnθa/ [mãn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /manˈtɛnθa/ [mãn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /manˈtɛnsa/ [mãn̪ˈt̪ɛn.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɛnθa

• Rhymes: -ɛnθa
• Rhymes: -ɛnsa

• Hyphenation: man‧ten‧za

Noun

mantenza m (plural mantenzas)

1. sustenance, support
   • 1340, Clara Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 481:

     Outrosi amoestamos en Deus todolos fiees cristaos a que esta carta for mostrada que façan ben et aiuda et esmola ao dito lugar para a obra et para a manteença das ditas donas

     Also we admonish in God to all the Christian believers whom this charters is shown to, for them to do good and help and alms to said place, for the building and for the sustenance of said nuns

   Synonyms: pan e porco, sostemento, sustento

Related terms

• a mantenza

 

Related terms

• mantemento
• manter

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “manteeça”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “manteença”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mantenza”, 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), “mantenza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mantenza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN