zanca

Galician

Alternative forms

• zanga

Etymology 1

From Latin zancha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaŋka̝/

Noun

zanca f (plural zancas)

1. leg; thigh
2. hip (of a roof)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaŋka̝/

Noun

zanca f (plural zancas)

1. a large extension of walled woodland

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “zanca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “zanca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zanca”, 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), “zanca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zanca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Alternative forms

• cianca (regional)

Etymology

From Latin zancha (a kind of shoe), from Parthian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zan.ka/
• Rhymes: -anka
• Hyphenation: zàn‧ca

Noun

zanca f (plural zanche) (obsolete, regional)

1. (obsolete) leg
2. (obsolete, in the plural) stilts

Further reading

• zanca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzan.ka/, [ˈd̪͡z̪äŋkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zan.ka/, [ˈd̪͡z̪äŋkä]

Noun

zanca f (genitive zancae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of zancha (“kind of soft Parthian shoe”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	zanca	zancae
genitive	zancae	zancārum
dative	zancae	zancīs
accusative	zancam	zancās
ablative	zancā	zancīs
vocative	zanca	zancae

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin zanca (“kind of shoe”), from Parthian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθanka/ [ˈθãŋ.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsanka/ [ˈsãŋ.ka]
• Rhymes: -anka
• Syllabification: zan‧ca

Noun

zanca f (plural zancas)

1. leg of a bird
2. (colloquial) long, thin leg of a human

Derived terms

• zancada
• zancajo
• zancudo

 

Further reading

• “zanca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28