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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin longē.
Adverb
lueñe
- far
- Synonym: lexos
1251, anonymous,
Calila e Dimna , (ed. by Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua and María Jesús Lacarra, 1993, Madrid: Castalia):
- Et a las vezes acaesçe al rey alguna enfermedat que le faze grant mal et non gela tuelle sinon la melezina que le aduzen de lueñe.
- And, sometimes, an illness falls upon the king, doing him much harm, and nothing removes it except the medicine brought to him from far away
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish lueñe, from Latin longē. Cognate with Portuguese longe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlweɲe/
- Rhymes: -eɲe
- Syllabification: lue‧ñe
Adverb
lueñe
- (obsolete) far
- Synonym: lejos
c. 1574, Jerónimo de Urrea,
Primera parte del libro del invencible caballero don Clarisel de las Flores :
- Amigo, dezidme si os pluguiere, es lueñe de aquí el Castillo de Filotea?
- My friend, tell me, if it may please you, is the Castle of Filotea far from here?
Adjective
lueñe m or f (masculine and feminine plural lueñes)
- (obsolete) faraway, distant
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