crequenas
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since circa 1750. Unknown. Probably related to Portuguese encrencar and Spanish enclenque, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep, crawl”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]crequenas m or f by sense (invariable)
- a small and weak, hunched or bow-legged person
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crequenas”, 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), “crequenas”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “crequenas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Cf. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “enclenque”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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