quinar

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See also: quinär

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Etymology

Inherited from Romani kinel, from Sanskrit क्रीणाति (krīṇāti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krináHti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷrinéh₂ti, from *kʷreyh₂-.

Verb

quinar

  1. to buy

References

  • Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870) “kináva”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 286
  • quinar” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio, retrieved September 1, 2021.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: qui‧nar

Etymology 1

From quina (quina, a lottery game) +‎ -ar.[1][2]

Verb

quinar (first-person singular present quino, first-person singular preterite quinei, past participle quinado)

  1. (intransitive) to get a five-number sequence right in a lottery game
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From quina (cinchona) +‎ -ar.[1][2]

Verb

quinar (first-person singular present quino, first-person singular preterite quinei, past participle quinado)

  1. (oenology, transitive) to prepare (something) with cinchona
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From quina (corner) +‎ -ar.[1][2]

Verb

quinar (first-person singular present quino, first-person singular preterite quinei, past participle quinado)

  1. (metallurgy, transitive) to bend in the shape of a corner
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Spanish quiñar (to kill).[1][2]

Verb

quinar (first-person singular present quino, first-person singular preterite quinei, past participle quinado)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to die
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) to become wasted (very drunk or stoned)
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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 quinar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 quinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024