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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ataude (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic التَابُوت (at-tābūt). Compare Portuguese ataúde and Spanish ataúd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ataˈude/
- Rhymes: -ude
- Hyphenation: a‧ta‧ú‧de
Noun
ataúde m (plural ataúdes)
- coffin
- Synonyms: caixão, cadaleito, caixa, féretro
1257, A. Martínez Salazar, editor, Documentos gallegos de los siglos XIII al XVI, A Coruña: Casa de la Misericordia, page 25:a sua morte deuesmola leuar a Sobrado en ataude cum cubertura de IIj uaras destanforth uermello- at her death we must carry her to Sobrado in a coffin with a cover of two yards of red Stamford
References
- “ataude” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “ataude” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ataúde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ataúde” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ataúde” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic التَابُوت (at-tābūt). Compare Spanish ataúd (“coffin”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
- Hyphenation: a‧ta‧ú‧de
Noun
ataúde m (plural ataúdes)
- coffin
- Synonyms: caixão, féretro
- bier, hearse
- tomb
- Synonym: tumba
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