ningunha

Galician

Alternative forms

• ningúa

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ninhũa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nec ūna ("not even one"). Cognate with Portuguese nenhuma and Spanish ninguna.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /niŋˈɡuŋa/ [nĩŋˈɡu.ŋɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /niŋˈɡuŋa/ [nĩŋˈɡu.ŋɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /niŋˈħuŋa/ [nĩŋˈħu.ŋɐ]

• Rhymes: -uŋa
• Hyphenation: nin‧gu‧na

Determiner

ningunha f (masculine ningún, feminine plural ningunhas, masculine plural ningúns)

1. not any; not one (feminine singular of nengún)

References

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