lenha

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (firewood), thus a doublet of lenho.

Noun

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lenha f (plural lenhas)

  1. firewood
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Descendants

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  • Fala: leña
  • Galician: leña
  • Portuguese: lenha (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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  • Manuel Ferreiro (20142024) “lenha”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN

Portuguese

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lenha

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lenha (firewood), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (firewood). Cognate with Galician leña, Spanish leña, Catalan llenya, Occitan lenha, Romanian lemn and Italian legna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lenha f (countable and uncountable, plural lenhas)

  1. firewood (wood intended to be burned)
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Descendants

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