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Galician

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Vindel's parchment, containing cántigas by 13th century Galician author Martin Codax

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga, either from cantar or from a Celtic substrate form *cantǐcā or *cantīcā,[1] related to Proto-Celtic *kaneti (to sing) and *kantlom (song), themselves from the same ultimate source as cantar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cántiga f (plural cántigas)

  1. folk song
  2. cantiga

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cantiga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos