morrinha

Galician

Noun

morrinha f (plural morrinhas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of morriña

Further reading

  • “morrinha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈʁĩ.ɲɐ/ [moˈhĩ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moˈʁĩ.ɲɐ/ [moˈχĩ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈʁi.ɲa/ [moˈhi.ɲa]

  • Hyphenation: mor‧ri‧nha

Etymology 1

Ultimately from the same Latin etymon as its cognates, Galician morriña and English murrain.

Noun

morrinha f (plural morrinhas)

  1. murrain (disease of cattle)
  2. a mild illness, weakness
  3. drizzle
    Synonyms: cacimba, chuva molha-tolos
  4. sadness, melancholy, nostalgia
  5. (Brazil) stench
Descendants
  • ⇒ Translingual: Morrinhosuchus

Etymology 2

Verb

morrinha

  1. third-person singular present indicative of morrinhar

Further reading

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