cañicar

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • acanicar (Cuarto de los Valles, Valdés)
  • acanigar (Cuarto de los Valles, Valdés)
  • acañicar (Central Asturias)
  • canigar (Western Asturias)

Etymology

From caña, from Latin canna (reed, cane).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɲiˈkaɾ/ [ka.ɲiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧ñi‧car

Verb

cañicar (first-person singular indicative present cañico, past participle cañicáu)

  1. to cradle, rock (a baby)
  2. to swing
    Synonyms: colingar, columbiar, taramingar

Conjugation

  • cañicaderu
  • cañicadoriu
  • cañicu
  • cañicón
  • cañiqueru
  • cañiqueta