barcal

Galician

Etymology

15th century. From barca (“boat”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈkal/

Noun

barcal m (plural barcais)

1. wooden vessel or tray used for serving food

   Synonym: barreña

   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 418:

     Iten, das cunqas e talladores e poças e barcaas e de outras quaes quer vaselas de madeira, que page o vendedor de cada tres mrs un diñeiro

     Item, of the bowls, and plates, and large bowls, and trays, and any other wooden vessel, the seller should pay a denary per three mrs.

2. wooden vessel used for temporarily holding liquids, namely wine

   Synonyms: dorna, tina

3. wooden vessel used for feeding the animals, preparing clay, or other uses

   Synonyms: bacía, barquela, maseira

4. wooden vessel used for laundry

   Synonyms: barreño, tina

5. wooden tray with individual compartments for placing balls of yarn

   Synonym: barqueta

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barcaas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barcal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barcal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barcal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN