onte

See also: ónte and -önte

Galician

Alternative forms
  • ontes

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese onte, oonte, from *aõite, from Latin ad noctem (“at night”), from nox (“night”).[1][2] Compare Portuguese ontem and Spanish anoche.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɔntɪ]

Adverb

onte

  1. yesterday
    Synonym: eire

Derived terms
  • antonte (“day before yesterday”)
  • outronte (“day before yesterday”)
  • outro noutronte (“four days ago”)
  • onte á noite (“last night”)

References
  • “onte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “onte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “onte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “onte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Edwin B. Williams, From Latin to Portuguese (1938), page 85 (§ 92, 7, A).
  2. Pensado, José Luis; Messner, Dieter (2003), “antonte”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7), A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN.

Italian

Noun

onte f

  1. plural of onta

Anagrams

Mirandese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese onte, oonte, ultimately from Latin ad noctem (“at night”).

Adverb

onte

  1. yesterday
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