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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Attested since circa 1350. From Latin iungō. Cognate with Portuguese jungir and Spanish uncir.
Pronunciation
Verb
xunguir (first-person singular present xungo, third-person singular present xongue, first-person singular preterite xunguín, past participle xunguido)
- (transitive) to yoke
- 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", 16:
que tomase aqueles touros, et que os junzese et fose con elles ao cãpo, et que arase cõ elles- that he should take those oxen, and yoke them and go with them into the field, and plough with them
Conjugation
Conjugation of xunguir (u-o alternation in present singular; g-gu alternation)
Related terms
References
- “junçir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “junz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “xunguir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “xunguir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “xunguir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.