cañicar

Asturian

Alternative forms

• acanicar (Cuarto de los Valles, Valdés)
• acanigar (Cuarto de los Valles, Valdés)
• acañicar (Central Asturias)
• canigar (Western Asturias)

Etymology

From caña, from Latin canna (“reed, cane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɲiˈkaɾ/ [ka.ɲiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ñi‧car

Verb

cañicar (first-person singular indicative present cañico, past participle cañicáu)

1. to cradle, rock (a baby)
2. to swing

   Synonyms: colingar, columbiar, taramingar

Conjugation

Conjugation of cañicar

infinitive		cañicar
gerund		cañicando
past participle		m cañicáu, f cañicada, n cañicao, m pl cañicaos, f pl cañicaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	cañico	cañiques	cañica	cañicamos	cañicáis	cañiquen
	imperfect	cañicaba	cañicabes	cañicaba	cañicábemos, cañicábamos	cañicabeis, cañicabais	cañicaben
	preterite	cañiqué	cañicasti, cañiquesti	cañicó	cañiquemos	cañicastis, cañiquestis	cañicaron
	pluperfect	cañicare, cañicara	cañicares, cañicaras	cañicare, cañicara	cañicáremos, cañicáramos	cañicareis, cañicarais	cañicaren, cañicaran
	future	cañicaré	cañicarás	cañicará	cañicaremos	cañicaréis	cañicarán
	conditional	cañicaría	cañicaríes	cañicaría	cañicaríemos, cañicaríamos	cañicaríeis, cañicaríais	cañicaríen
subjunctive	present	cañique	cañiques, cañicas	cañique	cañiquemos	cañiquéis	cañiquen, cañican
	imperfect	cañicare, cañicara	cañicares, cañicaras	cañicare, cañicara	cañicáremos, cañicáramos	cañicareis, cañicarais	cañicaren, cañicaran
imperative		—	cañica	—	—	cañicái	—

Related terms

• cañicaderu
• cañicadoriu
• cañicu
• cañicón
• cañiqueru
• cañiqueta