cancil

Galician

A Galician xugo or canga, with a pair of cancís ("oxbows")

A Galician xugo, with two cancís per ox

Alternative forms

• chancil, quencil

Etymology

From a substrate term *cambica (etymon of canga), derived with the Latin suffix -īle: *cambicīle; from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kh₂emb- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Portuguese canzil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈθil/, (western) /kanˈsil/

Noun

cancil m (plural cancís)

1. each one of the staves of a withers yoke

   Synonym: cangalla

2. oxbow of a bow yoke

   Synonyms: canga, cangalla

Related terms

• canga
• cangalla

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cancil”, 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), “cancil”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cancil”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN