aínda

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See also: ainda

Asturian

Adverb

aínda

  1. still, yet
  2. almost

Synonyms

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aynda, from a- + inda. Further etymology is debated.

Pronunciation

Adverb

aínda

  1. still, yet
    • 1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 368:
      Aynda cõ todo esto Vlixas nõ era ben seguro, nẽ seu coraçõ nõ asesegaua
      Yet with all of these preparations Ulysses did not feel safe, nor did his heart settle
  2. even
    • 1421, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 162:
      dizia que aynda agora rendia cada anno dosentos marauedis e triinta moyos de pan e vino e castanas
      he said that even now it yielded each year two hundred maravedis and thirty bushels of grain and wine and chestnuts
    Synonym: mesmo
  3. besides, also
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:
      Et tragia aynda hũa sua espada que era moy fremosa et moy forte d'agume, et moy clara et moy luzente, et auia nome Durandas
      And he also brought a sword that was very beauty and very strong in its edge, and very clear and very shining, and it had by name Durandal
    Synonym: tamén
  4. at least
  5. still, nevertheless (in spite of what preceded)
  6. quite a bit, considerably
    • 2019, Terbutalina, Muinheira da Costa :
      Eu canto cando quero,
      cando non quero non canto
      pr'os que quero aínda canto
      pr'os que non non canto tanto.
      I sing when I want to,
      when I don't want to I don't sing,
      for the ones I love I sing quite a bit,
      for the ones I don't, I don't sing that much

Conjunction

aínda

  1. yet

Derived terms

References

  • “inda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ynda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ainda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “aínda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “aínda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ladino

Adverb

aínda (Latin spelling)

  1. yet
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