unha
Fala
Alternative forms
- un-a (Frades Gaspar's form)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ũa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuŋa/
Article
unha f sg (plural unhas, masculine un, masculine plural us or unhus or unhos)
- Feminine singular indefinite article; a
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
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Galician
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[a], [b] ← 0 | 1 | 2 → [a], [b], [c] | 10 → | |
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Cardinal (standard / feminine): unha Cardinal (standard / masculine): un Cardinal (reintegrationist / masculine): um Cardinal (reintegrationist / feminine): umha, uma Ordinal: primeiro Ordinal abbreviation: 1º | ||||
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ũa (already spelled unha in a cantiga by Bernal de Bonaval), from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus. Cognate with Portuguese uma and Spanish una, although the former is an analogical formation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuŋa/ [ˈu.ŋɐ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uŋa
Usage notes
The article unha and its plural form unhas both form contractions with the prepositions con (“with”), de (“of, from”), and en (“in”).
Usage notes
The numeral unha and its masculine form un both form contractions with the prepositions con (“with”), de (“of, from”), and en (“in”).
References
- “u_a” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “unha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “unha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “unha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “un” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese unha. Cognate with Kabuverdianu unha.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese unna, unlla, from Vulgar Latin *ungla, from Latin ungula, from unguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-. Compare Galician uña, unlla and Spanish uña. Doublet of úngula.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈũ.ɲɐ/ [ˈũ.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈu.ɲa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈu.ɲɐ/
- Hyphenation: u‧nha
See also
- pezunho m
Verb
unha
- inflection of unhar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative