ordenhar

Meaning

to milk (to express milk from mammal)

Hyphenated as

or‧de‧nhar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/oʁ.dẽˈɲa(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ordennar, from Vulgar Latin *ōrdiniāre, itself from Latin ōrdināre (or through a *ōrdinium), from ōrdō (“order, arrangement”), from Proto-Italic *ored(h)- (“to arrange”), of unknown origin. Compare Spanish ordeñar. Doublet of ordenar.