can de palleiro
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Galician
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Etymology
[edit]1861. From can (“dog”) + de (“of”) + palleiro (“haystack; barn”); because they used to sleep by the haystack. Compare Sicilian cani di mànnira.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]can de palleiro m (plural cans de palleiro)
- a local Galician breed of dogs, usually used as cow shepherds and home guardians
- 1861, Victor López Seoane, Fáuna Mastológica de Galicia, page 55:
- En nuestro país hay una raza de perros, conocidos por los aldeanos con el nombre de can de palleiro que son muy osados y útiles para la caza
- In our country [Galicia] there is a dog breed, known to the peasants by the name can de palleiro, that is very bold and useful for hunting [original in Spanish with the exception of the name of the breed]
- a home guardian dog, of any breed
- a dog of no particular breed
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “palleiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “can de palleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN