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pena.

punishment, penalty

4 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpena/[ˈpe.nɐ]

  1. punishment, penalty

    feminine

  2. pain; sadness

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pena (displacing pẽa), from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

noun/ˈpena/[ˈpe.nɐ]

  1. boulder, rock

    feminine

  2. hill, hillock; mountain

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese pena (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from Latin pinna ("feather, wing"; then "merlon, fortress"; then, hypothetically, "rock"), or from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom (“head”). Compare Portuguese penha.

noun/ˈpena/[ˈpe.nɐ]

  1. vanes or blades of a water wheel

    feminine

  2. feather

    archaic · feminine

  3. pelt

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese pena, from Latin pinna (“feather, wing”), from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).

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