panasco

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since circa 1750. Perhaps from pano +‎ -asco. Alternatively, from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“moist; wet; mud; swamp; water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈnaskʊ]

Noun

panasco m (plural panascos)

1. turf
   • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:

     Corría por aquel monte tripando toxos, carrascos, e levantaba panascos que lexos guindaba atrás

     He ran around that hill treading gorses, heathers, and drawing turfs that he tossed far back

2. grass; meadow

Derived terms

• Panascal

References

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