cinguir

From Old Galician-Portuguese cingir, from Latin cingere. Cognate with Portuguese cingir and Spanish ceñir.

• IPA^(key): /θiŋˈɡiɾ/, /siˈɲiɾ/

cinguir (first-person singular present cingo, first-person singular preterite cinguín, past participle cinguido)
cinguir (first-person singular present cingo, first-person singular preterite cinguim or cingui, past participle cinguido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to encircle, girdle, adjust (clothing)
   • 1375, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 385:

     outra cinta pequena de coyro de lobo gornida de prata que eu trago cingida

     another small band, of wolf hide, garnished with silver, that I bring adjusted [I'm wearing]

2. (transitive) to connect, unite
3. (transitive) to limit, restrict
4. (figurative) to strike

• cinguideiro

• cinto

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cingir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cing”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cinguir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cinguir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cinguir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega