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Galician
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish hipo.
Pronunciation
Noun
impo m (plural impos)
- hiccup
- Synonym: salouco
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “impo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “impo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “impo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
impo
- first-person singular present indicative of impar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from impar.
Noun
impo m (plural impos)
- (regional) act or effect of crying or breathing with difficulty
- (regional) hiccups that children get after crying
Etymology 2
Verb
impo
- first-person singular present indicative of impar
Tagalog
Etymology
Either from the following:
Zorc (1985) records both etymologies but finds the Chinese etymology as less likely.[5]
Pronunciation
Noun
impó (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜓ)
- grandmother
- Synonyms: lola, lelang, abwela, (archaic) agwela, (dialectal) inana, inang-tanda, inda-poon
Coordinate terms
References
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*empu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- ^ 晋江市方言志, (Can we date this quote?), page 51 (PDF) / 119 (Book)
- ^ 最新番婆弄公婆拖歌本, 上海市: 國立臺灣大學圖書館特藏組, 1913, page 8
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 23/10 & 36/18 & 170/151 & 322/300; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
- ^ Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 179
Further reading
- “impo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018