melecina

Asturian

Alternative forms

• milicina
• melicina

Etymology

From Latin medicīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meleˈθina/ [me.leˈθi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: me‧le‧ci‧na

Noun

melecina f (plural melecines)

1. medicine, medication
   • 1634-1662?, Antón de Marirreguera, L'Ensalmador:

     Y par’ eso ño hai otra melecina [...] Q' el tabaco ye llinda melecina

     And for that there's no other medicine [...] That tobacco is a nice medicine

   • 1744-1803?, Bruno Cepeda, Riqueza asturiana:

     Ye melecina probada.

     It's proven medicine.

   • 1845-1895?, Teodoro Cuesta, Barruntos d'Amor:

     Me darás la melecina [...] Dándome la melecina

     You will give me the medicine [...] Giving me the medicine

   • 1861-1901?, Jorge Suárez de la Riera, El Rosariu:

     No hay melecina pa´ l malo

     There is no medicine for the bad one

   • 1891, Bernardo Acevedo y Huelves, Últimos momentos de Jovellanos:

     non tópen melecina

     they can't find any medicine

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meleˈθina/ [me.leˈθi.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /meleˈsina/ [me.leˈsi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: me‧le‧ci‧na

Noun

melecina f (plural melecinas)

1. (obsolete) medicine

Further reading

• “melecina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10