pementa

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pimenta, from Latin pigmenta, form of pigmentum (“pigment”), from pingō (“to paint”), Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [peˈmentɐ], [peˈmɛntɐ]

Noun

pementa f (plural pementas)

  1. black pepper
  2. peppercorn

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