xamais

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese jamais, from Old Occitan ja mais. Compare Portuguese jamais, Spanish jamás, French jamais and Italian giammai.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃa.ˈmajs]

Adverb

xamais

  1. never
    Synonyms: endexamais, nunca

References
  • “jamays” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “amays” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “xamais” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “xamais” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “xamais” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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