finamento

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From finar (“to end, die”) +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finaˈmɛnto̝/, /finaˈmento̝/

Noun

finamento m (plural finamentos)

1. decease

   Synonyms: defunción, falecemento, óbito, pasamento

   • 1312, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos, A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 251:

     Et diso mays, que aquel moesteyro de Pedrosso que o fundóu et fez a Condessa donna Monia Froas et que o herdóu de seu herdamento et, despoys de seu finamento, que ficóu senpre en benfeyturía dos Condes do seu linagen

     And he said more, that that monastery of Pedroso was made and founded by countess Dona Monia Froiz -and that he inherited it in his heirloom- and that after her decease it stayed always in the benefits of the counts of her lineage

References

• “finamento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “finamento” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “finamento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “finamento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.