janeyro

See also: Janeyro

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• janeiro

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Iānuārius (> */janˈnai̯ru/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaˈnejɾo/
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: ja‧ney‧ro

Noun

janeyro m (plural janeyros)

1. January
   • c. 1323, João de Gaia, [Come asno no mercado]; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, 1525–c.1526, cantiga 1448:

     Come asno no mercado
     Se vendeo um Cavaleyro
     De sanhoana Janeyro
     Tres vezes este prouado

     Like a donkey in the market, a knight has sold himself three times from (the feasts of) Saint John the Baptist to January, it's proven.

Descendants

• Galician: xaneiro
• Portuguese: janeiro (see there for further descendants)
• → Mirandese: Janeiro

Portuguese

Noun

janeyro m (plural janeyros)

1. Obsolete spelling of janeiro.