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mão

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mao"

Galician

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Noun

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mão f (plural mãos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of man

Further reading

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  • “mão”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Latin manum
Old Galician-Portuguese mão

    Inherited from Latin manum (“hand”).

    Pronunciation

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    • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈmã.o/
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmã.ʊ/

    Noun

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    mão f (plural mãos)

    1. hand
      • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 294 (facsimile):
        Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
        How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

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    Descendants

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    • Fala: man
    • Galician: man, mao
    • Portuguese: mão (see there for further descendants)

    Portuguese

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pt

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mão (“hand”), from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Cognate with Galician man, Spanish mano, Catalan mà, Occitan man, French main, Italian mano and Romanian mână.

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
    • Hyphenation: mão

    Noun

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    mão f (plural mãos)

    1. hand
    2. forefoot (either of the front feet of a quadruped)
    3. (card games) hand (a round of a card game)
    4. coat (a covering of material, such as paint)
      Synonym: demão
    5. (sports) leg (a single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest)
    6. (soccer) handball (football offence)
    7. (figurative) hand (an instance of helping)
      Synonyms: ajuda, auxílio
    8. direction (of travel), way

    Quotations

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    For quotations using this term, see Citations:mão.

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • “mão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
    • “mão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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    Vietnamese

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    mão (classifier cái)

    1. (Central Vietnam) alternative form of mạo (“headwear, hat, cap”)

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