testemuño

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese testimonio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium (“testimony”). Cognate with Portuguese testemunho.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [testeˈmuɲʊ]

Noun

testemuño m (plural testemuños)

  1. (law) testimony
  2. account

References
  • “testemoyo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “testimo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “testemuño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “testemuño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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