manteiga

See also: Manteiga

Galician

Etymology

12th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga, already attested with this spelling in a Galician Latin document from 1118; from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European (cf. Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian сметана (smetana), Polish śmietana, Slovak smotana and Slovene smetana). Cognate with Portuguese manteiga, Asturian mantega, Spanish manteca and Catalan mantega.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /manˈtejɡa/ [mãn̪ˈt̪ej.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /manˈtejɡa/ [mãn̪ˈt̪ej.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /manˈtejħa/ [mãn̪ˈt̪ej.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ejɡa

• (standard) Rhymes: -ejɡa
• (gheada) Rhymes: -ejħa

• Hyphenation: man‧tei‧ga

Noun

manteiga f (plural manteigas)

1. butter
   • 1286, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:

     huna escaa de manteyga et dous queygios

     one bowl of butter and two cheeses

2. clarified butter

Derived terms

• Manteiga
• manteigoso

References

• “manteiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “manteiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “manteiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “manteiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “manteiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈtei̯ɡa/

Noun

manteiga f

1. butter

Descendants

• Galician: manteiga
• Portuguese: manteiga (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "manteiga"

Portuguese

manteiga

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga, of uncertain origin. Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia such as Iberian or Celtiberian.

Cognate with Galician and Mirandese manteiga, Asturian and Catalan mantega, Spanish and Aragonese manteca and possibly with Belarusian смятана (smjatana), Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian сметана (smetana), Polish śmietana, Slovak smotana and Slovene smetana.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈte(j).ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈte(j).ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈte(j).ɡa/ [mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɣɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈtej.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈtej.ɣɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈtej.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈtej.ɣɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈte.ɡɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈte.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -eɡɐ, -ejɡɐ, -ɐjɡɐ
• Hyphenation: man‧tei‧ga

Noun

manteiga f (plural manteigas)

1. butter (fatty and unctuous substance obtained from the cream of milk)
2. lard
3. fatty substance of some vegetables
4. (figuratively) lip service

Derived terms

• amanteigar
• manteiga de amendoim
• manteiga de cacau

 

Descendants

• → Javanese: ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦒ (mantéga), ꦩꦼꦂꦠꦺꦒ (mertéga)
• → Malay: mentega
  • Indonesian: mentega
  • → Min Nan: 文地牙
• → Sundanese: ᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮌ (mantéga)
• → Tetum: manteiga

Further reading

• “manteiga” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “manteiga” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese manteiga (“butter”), from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga.

Noun

manteiga

1. butter