reinha
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin rēgīna (“queen”). Cognate with Old Spanish reyna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈĩ.a/, [reˈĩ.j̃a]
Noun
reinha f (plural reinhas)
- queen
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 256 (facsimile):
- Como ſanta maria guareceu a Reỹa dona Beatriz de grand enfermidade por q̇ aorou a ſa om[a]ge cõ g[ra]nd eſp[er]ança.
- How Holy Mary cured Queen Beatrice of a grave illness because she prayed to Her image in great hope.
- Como ſanta maria guareceu a Reỹa dona Beatriz de grand enfermidade por q̇ aorou a ſa om[a]ge cõ g[ra]nd eſp[er]ança.
Further reading
- Universo Cantigas - "reinha ~ rainha"
- “rainha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “r..ña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
Portuguese
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