amigu

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin amīcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmiɣu/ [aˈmi.ɣu]
• Rhymes: -iɣu
• Syllabification: a‧mi‧gu

Noun

amigu m sg (feminine singular amiga, masculine plural amigos, feminine plural amigues)

1. friend
2. buddy, mate

   Ven p'acá, amigu ― Come over here, buddy

Adjective

amigu m sg (feminine singular amiga, neuter singular amigo, masculine plural amigos, feminine plural amigues)

1. fond (of something), keen (on something)

   Ye mui amigu de les fabes.

   He really likes beans

   (literally, “He's keen on beans.”)

   Soi amigu la folixa.

   I'm keen on partying.

   • 1896, José Fernández Quevedo y Llanos, La Batalla del Guadalete:

     Amigu de folgancia y de retozo
     Y más que de la guerra, de la cama:
     Tal yera 'l Rey d' España ó de los Godos,

     [He was] Fond of idling and partying
     And [he was] even more [fond] of bed than war
     So was the King of Spain and the Goths,

2. a form of affective address, dear
   • 1883, José María Flórez y González, Romance de Farruquín de Busecu‎^[1] (poem-letter), Cangas del Narcea, sourced from Composiciones en dialecto vaqueiro‎^[2]:

     Amigu Pachu : El dumingu, farán aiquí xuntu á Navia,.

     Dear Pachu: This Sunday they'll make here, next to Navia...

   • 1881, Teodoro Cuesta, El Dispertar de Xuanón (poem):

     “Atendi, Xuan, i decía,
     mira, Xuan; si tan babayu
     te fexo Dios, Xuan amigu,
     tengo yo la culpa acasu?

     "Listen, Xuan", I used to tell him
     "Xuan; if so stupid
     God made you, dear Xuan,
     am I even to blame?

   • 1908, "Nelino", Dende la puerta al llagar (letter), Llanes:

     Amigu Riberu, de tou mi arrespetu. Salúdote co las palabras del Anxel, San Narciso, [...] Esto é lo que te cunto por hoy, amigu Riberu.

     Dear Riberu, with all my respect. I greet you with the words of the Angel, Saint Narcissus, [...] This is what I can tell you today, dear Riberu.

Further reading

• “amigu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “amigu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• amige (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese amigo.

Noun

amigu

1. (Sotavento) friend

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary (overall work in English), Mili Mila, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin amīcus (“friendly”) (compare Spanish and Portuguese amigo), from amō (“to love”).

Noun

amigu m (plural amigos)

1. friend

References

• “amigu”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish amigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmiɡu/

Noun

amigu m

1. friend
2. (colloquial) buddy, pal, mate