unha

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Fala

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Alternative forms

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  • un-a (Frades Gaspar's form)

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese ũa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuŋa/
  • Rhymes: -uŋa
  • Syllabification: u‧nha

Article

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unha f sg (plural unhas, masculine un, masculine plural us or unhus or unhos)

  1. 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:
      Por o 1971, en un-a visita de Fidel Castru a Chili comentaba: []
      In 1971, in a visit to Chile Fidel Castro commented: []

Numeral

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unha f (masculine un)

  1. one

References

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

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Galician numbers (edit)
10
[a], [b] ←  0 1 2  → [a], [b], [c] 10  → 
    Cardinal (standard / feminine): unha
    Cardinal (standard / masculine): un
    Cardinal (reintegrationist / masculine): um
    Cardinal (reintegrationist / feminine): umha, uma
    Ordinal: primeiro
    Ordinal abbreviation:

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuŋa/ [ˈu.ŋɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uŋa
  • Hyphenation: u‧nha

Article

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unha f sg (masculine un, masculine plural uns, feminine plural unhas)

  1. (indefinite) a, one
    Lle poñen unha luz a San Miguel e outra ó demo.
    They put one light on San Miguel and another on the devil.

Usage notes

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The article unha and its plural form unhas both form contractions with the prepositions con (with), de (of, from), and en (in).

Derived terms

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Numeral

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unha f (masculine un)

  1. one

Usage notes

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The numeral unha and its masculine form un both form contractions with the prepositions con (with), de (of, from), and en (in).

Derived terms

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Noun

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unha f (plural unhas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of uña

Further reading

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  • unha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

References

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese unha. Cognate with Kabuverdianu unha.

Noun

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unha

  1. nail
  2. fingernail
  3. toenail

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese unha.

Noun

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unha

  1. nail
  2. fingernail
  3. toenail

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
unhas

Etymology 1

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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

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  • Hyphenation: u‧nha

Noun

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unha f (plural unhas)

  1. nail; fingernail; toenail
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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unha

  1. inflection of unhar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative