cancil

Galician

Alternative forms

  • chancil, quencil

Etymology

From a substrate term *cambica (etymon of canga), derived with the Latin suffix -īle: *cambicīle; from Proto-Celtic *kambos (twisted, crooked),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kh₂emb- (to bend, curve). Cognate with Portuguese canzil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈθil/, (western) /kanˈsil/

Noun

cancil m (plural cancís)

  1. each one of the staves of a withers yoke
    Synonym: cangalla
  2. oxbow of a bow yoke
    Synonyms: canga, cangalla

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “canga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos