ningures
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese nenllur (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) or rather a blend of ningún + algures. Cognate with Portuguese nenhures.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ningures
- anywhere, nowhere (else)
- Antonym: algures
- Co que chove hoxe non vou a ningures. ― It's raining so much that I'm not going anywhere today.
References
[edit]- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nenllur”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nenllur”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “ningures” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ningures” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ningures” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.