cortinha

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“bit of enclosed land”).

As no modern descendant has */n/,[1] the medieval attestations with single ⟨n⟩ may merely reflect orthographic confusion with etymology 2, which did have a genuine /ɲ~n/ variation.

Alternative forms

Noun

cortinha f (plural cortinhas)

  1. plot of land for growing crops (usually enclosed)
  2. good-quality land
Descendants
  • Galician: cortiña, cortía, curtiña
  • Portuguese: cortinha

References

  1. ^ Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cortiña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Noun

cortinha f (plural cortinhas)

  1. Alternative form of cortina (“curtain”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cortinha, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“bit of enclosed land”). Equivalent to corte +‎ -inha.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

cortinha f (plural cortinhas)

  1. (dialectal) vegetable garden
  2. diminutive of corte

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