manteiga

See also: Manteiga

Galician

Etymology

12th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga, already attested with this spelling in a Galician Latin document from 1118; from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European (cf. Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian сметана (smetana), Polish śmietana, Slovak smotana and Slovene smetana).[1] Cognate with Portuguese manteiga, Asturian mantega, Spanish manteca and Catalan mantega.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /man.ˈtej.ɣa̝/

Noun

manteiga f (plural manteigas)

  1. butter
    • 1286, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:
      huna escaa de manteyga et dous queygios
      one bowl of butter and two cheeses
  2. clarified butter

Derived terms

References
  • “manteiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “manteiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “manteiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “manteiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “manteiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “manteca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese
manteiga

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian.

Cognate with Galician and Mirandese manteiga, Asturian and Catalan mantega, Spanish and Aragonese manteca and possibly with Belarusian смятана (smjatana), Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian сметана (smetana), Polish śmietana, Slovak smotana and Slovene smetana.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈte(j).ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈte(j).ɡa/ [mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡa]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɣɐ]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈtej.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈtej.ɣɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈte.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈte.ɣɐ]

  • Hyphenation: man‧tei‧ga

Noun

manteiga f (plural manteigas)

  1. butter

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “manteca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Tetum

Etymology

From Portuguese manteiga (“butter”), from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga.

Noun

manteiga

  1. butter
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