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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese jamais, from Old Occitan ja mais. Compare Portuguese jamais, Spanish jamás, French jamais and Italian giammai.
Pronunciation
Adverb
xamais
- never
- Synonyms: endexamais, nunca
Related terms
References
- “jamays” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “amays” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “xamais” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “xamais” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “xamais” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.