pantasma

Asturian

Alternative forms

• fantasma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈtasma/ [pãn̪ˈt̪az.ma]
• Rhymes: -asma
• Syllabification: pan‧tas‧ma

Noun

pantasma f (plural pantasmes)

1. ghost, phantom

   Synonym: espíritu

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fantasma, borrowed from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “image, phantom”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to make visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to cause to appear, bring to light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈtasma/ [pɐn̪ˈt̪as̪.ma]
• Hyphenation: pan‧tas‧ma

Noun

pantásma (Badlit spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜋ)

1. ghost; phantasm

   Synonym: kalag

2. (Cebu, folklore) light or flame that has the ability to copy the size, shape or height of the thing it is standing next to

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂n̥yéti

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō

Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek φᾰντός (phăntós)

Proto-Indo-European *-(e)h₂d-yéti?

Ancient Greek -αγ- (-ag-)

Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs)

Proto-Indo-European *-yoh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-yō

Ancient Greek *-ϳω (*-jō)

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Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō)

Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)bor.

Latin phantasmader.

Galician pantasma

Derived from Latin phantasma, borrowed from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panˈtasma/ [pan̪ˈt̪az̺.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -asma
• Hyphenation: pan‧tas‧ma

Noun

pantasma f (plural pantasmas)

1. ghost, phantom
   • 1885, V.P., Un conto:

     pampeou como si vira a pantasma que corre por riba dos eidos e brinca os valados sin pór pé nin siquera nunha herba.

     He got bewildered as if he was seeing the phantom that runs over the fields and leaps the fences without even trampling a single herb

   Synonyms: aparecido, espírito, estantiga, fantasma

Usage notes

The gender of fantasma is the opposite of pantasma, somehow be related to the cognates Portuguese fantasma and Asturian pantasma.

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “pantasma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pantasma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pantasma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN