tregoa

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tregua (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa), inflected form of 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true, faithful”); but attested Medieval Latin treuga points perhaps to a West Germanic *trewwa, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾɛɣwa̝/

Noun

tregoa m (plural tregoas)

  1. truce

References
  • “tregoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  1. “treug” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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