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Fala
Pronunciation
Determiner
miña f sg
- feminine singular of mei (“my”)
Pronoun
miña f sg
- feminine singular of mei (“mine”)
See also
Fala possessive determiners and pronouns
- Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mĩa, miña, from Latin mea (“my, mine”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
miña f (masculine singular meu, masculine plural meus, feminine singular miña, feminine plural miñas)
- (possessive) mine, my
- Esta é a miña casa. ― This is my house.
- A casa é miña. ― The house is mine.
- Miña raíña, que tes? ― My queen , what's wrong?
Usage notes
As a determiner it is usually preceded by the definite article a, but not when used in a vocative context.
See also
References
- “mi_a” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “miña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “miña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “miña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “meu” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.