sobrinho
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sōbrīnus (“maternal cousin”), substantivised form of the Proto-Italic adjective *swezrīnos (“of the sister”). Compare Old Leonese sopbrino and Old Spanish sobrino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so.ˈbɾi.ɲo/
Noun
sobrinho m
- nephew
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Airas Nunes, B 883: Desfiar enviaron ora de Tudela (facsimile)
- ca me(us) ssobri(nhos) som
- because they are my nephews
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Airas Nunes, B 883: Desfiar enviaron ora de Tudela (facsimile)
Further reading
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrinno, sobrino (“nephew”), from Latin sōbrīnus (“maternal cousin”), from Proto-Italic *swezrīnos (“of the sister”), from *swezōr (“sister”).
Cognate with Galician sobriño, Asturian sobrín and Spanish sobrino.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈbɾĩ.ɲu/ [soˈbɾĩ.j̃u], /suˈbɾĩ.ɲu/ [suˈbɾĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈbɾi.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈbɾi.ɲu/ [suˈβɾi.ɲu]
- Rhymes: -iɲu
- Hyphenation: so‧bri‧nho
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