azeitona

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d͡zej.ˈto.na/
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: a‧zei‧to‧na

Noun

azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

1. olive (fruit of the olive tree)

   Synonym: oliva

Related terms

• azeite

Descendants

• Fala: aceituna, (Mañegu) adeituna, (Lagarteiru) adituna
• Portuguese: azeitona
  • → Hunsrik: Asëitona

References

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “azeitona”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “azeitona”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “azeitona”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega