aflicão
See also: aflição
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
An early borrowing from Latin āfricānus (“African”), proven by retention of the vowel -i- a
and lack of intervocalic voicing of -f- and -c-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fli.ˈkã.u/
Adjective
aflicão
- African
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 385 (facsimile):
- os mouros deſpanne os aflicaos.
- the Moors of Iberia and of Africa
- os mouros deſpanne os aflicaos.
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