quiñón

See also: quinon

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Late Latin quiniō, quinionis (“a group of five”). Cognate with Portuguese quinhão.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kiˈɲoŋ/

Noun

quiñón m (plural quiñóns)

  1. (archaic) a fifth
  2. share, portion, part
    Synonyms: lote, mera, partilla, sorte
    1. each fisherman's share or portion of the fish captured by his ship

References
  • “quinõ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “quinon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “quinnon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “quinon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “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.
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