unlla

unlla

Galician

Alternative forms

• uña

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese unlla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ungula. Cognate with Portuguese unha and Spanish uña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈunʎa̝/

Noun

unlla f (plural unllas)

1. nail, fingernail, toenail
2. hoof

   Synonym: pezuño

3. spoor (of an animal)

References

• “unlla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “unlla” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “unlla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “unlla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “uña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈũ.ʎa/

Noun

unlla f

1. Alternative form of unna
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 225 (facsimile):

     el a coçar fillouſſe non catou al ſe ñ qñdo / lle ſayu per ſo a unlla aquel poçon tã lixoſo.

     he began scratching and didn’t see any other thing when under his nail went out that dirty venom.

Descendants

• Galician: unlla