cántiga

Galician

Vindel's parchment, containing cántigas by 13th century Galician author Martin Codax

Alternative forms

• cántega, cantiga

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga, either from cantar or from a Celtic substrate form *cantǐcā or *cantīcā, related to Proto-Celtic *kaneti (“to sing”) and *kantlom (“song”), themselves from the same ultimate source as cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑntiɣɐ]

Noun

cántiga f (plural cántigas)

1. folk song
2. cantiga

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cantiga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cantiga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “cántiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cántiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cantiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.