Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiɲa/ [ˈmĩ.ɲɐ]
- Rhymes: -iɲa
- Hyphenation: mi‧ña
Pronoun
miña f (masculine singular meu, masculine plural meus, feminine singular miña, feminine plural miñas)
- (possessive) mine, my
- Esta é a miña casa. ― This is my house.
- A casa é miña. ― The house is mine.
- Miña raíña, que tes? ― My queen [my love], what's wrong?
Usage notes
As a determiner it is usually preceded by the definite article a, but not when used in a vocative context.
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mi_a”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “miña”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “miña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “miña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “meu”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN