galiña

See also: galina, Galina, and Gaļina

Galician

Alternative forms
  • galía (NE Galician)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese galinna, galỹa (“hen”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”). Cognate with Portuguese galinha and Spanish gallina.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈliɲa̝/

Noun

galiña f (plural galiñas)

  1. hen
    Synonym: pita

Derived terms
  • deitar a galiña
  • Galiña
  • galiña choca
  • Galiñeira
  • galiñeiro
  • Galiñeiro

References
  • “galinna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “galiña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “galiña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “galiña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “galiña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese galinha and Spanish gallina and Kabuverdianu galinha.

The Portuguese word comes from Latin gallina.

Noun

galiña

  1. hen
  2. chicken
  3. girl
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