longaínza
Galician
Alternative forms
- longainça (reintegrationist)
- lengüiza, longüiza, longaíza, longaniza
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese *longueĩça, from Late Latin lucanicia, from Latin lūcānica, from Lucania where it was first made.[1] Cognate with Portuguese linguiça, Spanish longaniza, Basque lukainka and English lucanica.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -inθa
- Rhymes: -insa
Noun
longaínza f (plural longaínzas)
- rustic pork sausage whose preparation varies locally
References
- “longaínza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “longainza”, 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), “longaínza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “longaínza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “longaniza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos