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Galician
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Etymology 1
[edit]From a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *cambica, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cango m (plural cangos)
- rafter
- 1455, Ferro Couselo, X. (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 303:
- destroiron moytas casas et birtaron moytas tellas, cangos et ripias
- they destroyed many houses and broke many roof tiles, rafters and laths
- 1455, Ferro Couselo, X. (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 303:
- joist
- log, dead branch
- bunch of grapes
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cango”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “cango” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cango” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cango” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]cango