ganir

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See also: gañir

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ganir, from Latin gannire (to yelp, bark).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

ganir (first-person singular present gano, first-person singular preterite ganín, past participle ganido)
ganir (first-person singular present gano, first-person singular preterite ganim or gani, past participle ganido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to whine, to yelp
  2. to creak, to crack

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References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gañir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ga‧nir

Verb

ganir (first-person singular present gano, first-person singular preterite gani, past participle ganido)

  1. (intransitive) to whine; yelp (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise)

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