pinho

See also: Pinho

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• piño
• pino (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pīnum.

Noun

pinho m (plural *pinhos)

1. pine tree

   Synonym: pineyro

   • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, “Cõmo outorgarõ o cõſſello de Agamẽno: cõmo ẽnviarõ a Diomedes et Vlixas al rrey Priamꝰ em meſſagẽ” (chapter 99), in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 33v:

     Et q̃ndo chegarõ ãa porta do pãaço. virõ y eſtaꝛ hũ piño de ouro fino. q̃ fora ft̃o ⁊ trageytado p art̃ de njgromãçia.

     And when they arrived at the palace's door, they saw there a pine tree of pure gold that was made and bewitched by necromancy.

2. (uncountable) pinewood
   • 13th century, Afonso Lopes de Baião, [cantiga 1470]; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 1470:

     Lancha de pinhe de bragal o pẽdon

     Pinewood lance with linen cloth or pennon

Derived terms

• pinal
• pineyro

 

Descendants

• Fala: pinu
• Galician: piño
• Portuguese: pinho

Further reading

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “pinho”, 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) “pinho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pinh?o”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pinho, from Latin pīnum. Compare Galician piño and Spanish pino.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.ɲu/ [ˈpĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpĩ.ɲu/ [ˈpĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɲu/

• Rhymes: -iɲu, (Brazil) -ĩɲu
• Homophone: Pinho
• Hyphenation: pi‧nho

Noun

pinho m (plural pinhos)

1. pine tree

   Synonym: pinheiro

2. pinewood

Derived terms

• pinhal
• pinheiro

Related terms

• pinha

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Bingje

Further reading

• “pinho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913