testemuña

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese testemoya, ultimately a derivative a Latin testimōnium (“testimony”). Cognate with Portuguese testemunha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [testeˈmuɲɐ]

Noun

testemuña f (plural testemuñas)

  1. (law) witness

References
  • “testemoya” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “testemo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “testemuña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “testemuña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “testemuña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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