quiñón
See also: quinon
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese quinnon, from Latin quiniōnem (“a group of five”). Cognate with Portuguese quinhão.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kiˈɲoŋ]
Noun
quiñón m (plural quiñóns)
- (archaic) a fifth
- share, portion, part
- Synonyms: lote, mera, partilla, sorte
- each fisherman's share or portion of the fish captured by his ship
References
- “quinõ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “quinon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “quinnon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “quinon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “quiñón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “quiñón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “quiñón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Noun
quiñón m (plural quiñones)
- share of land
Further reading
- “quiñón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014