linguaxe

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lenguage; attested as linguage since circa 1300 in Old Galician chronicles. A medieval borrowing of Old Occitan lenguatge or Old French language, from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, from Classical Latin lingua. Cognate of Portuguese linguagem.

Pronunciation

Noun

linguaxe f (plural linguaxes)

  1. a language
    Synonyms: fala, idioma, lingua
    • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: CSIC, page 19:
      «Osana fili[o] Dauidi», que quer dizer en lingoajen galego: señor faysnos saluos
      «Osana fili Dauidi», which means, translated into Galician language: señor faysnos salvos

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