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semana
semana
Cebuano
Noun
semana
- A week; a period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
- Any period of seven consecutive days.
Synonyms
- (a week): pitlaw
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowing from Spanish semana, from Late Latin septimana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃiˈmaː.naʔ]
Noun
semana (inanimate)
- Week.
- 17C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Chimalpahin, Exercicio quotidiano, f. 1r.
- tlaxexelolli yn ipan cecemilhuitl ynic ontlanj. ce semana.
- (divided into each of the days with which a week is completed.)
- 17C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Chimalpahin, Exercicio quotidiano, f. 1r.
References
- Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, Volume 2, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, ISBN 0-8061-2950-6, pages 130–131
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese semana, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).
Noun
semana f (plural semanas)
Neapolitan
Etymology
Borrowing from Spanish semana, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /seˈmana/
Noun
semana f (please add the plural)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese semana, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ˈmɐ.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: se‧ma‧na
Noun
semana f (plural semanas)
- week (7 days)
Descendants
- Angolar: thomana
- Annobonese: sumanu
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: semana, sumana, simana
- Hupdë: semana
- Indo-Portuguese: sumana, suman, sumané
- Kabuverdianu: sumána, semána, simána
- Kadiwéu: semaana
- Malaccan Creole Portuguese: sumana, semana
- Mbyá Guarani: semana
- Principense: sumana
- Tetum: semana
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish setmana, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.ˈma.na/
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Noun
semana f (plural semanas)
- week (7 days)
Descendants
- Ashéninka Perené: shimaana
- Cahuilla: semaana
- Chavacano: semana
- Classical Nahuatl: semana
- Cocama: semana
- Hiligaynon: semana
- Papiamentu: siman
- Quechua: simana