janeyro

See also: Janeyro

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin Iānuārius (> */janˈnai̯ru/).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaˈnejɾo/
    • Rhymes: -ejɾo
    • Hyphenation: ja‧ney‧ro

    Noun

    janeyro m (plural janeyros)

    1. January
      • c. 1323, João de Gaia, [Come asno no mercado]; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 1448:
        Come asno no mercado
        Se vendeo um Cavaleyro
        De sanhoana Janeyro
        Tres vezes este prouado
        Like a donkey in the market, a knight has sold himself three times from (the feasts of) Saint John the Baptist to January, it's proven.

    Descendants

    • Galician: xaneiro
    • Portuguese: janeiro (see there for further descendants)
    • → Mirandese: Janeiro

    Portuguese

    Noun

    janeyro m (plural janeyros)

    1. obsolete spelling of janeiro
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