palangana
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish palangana.
Pronunciation
Noun
palangana f (plural palanganes)
Further reading
- “palangana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain.
- Perhaps from a hypothetical Latin *palagana (“gold panning pan”), from palaga (“gold nugget”), a chiefly Iberian term of Paleo-Hispanic origin.[1]
- Possibly borrowed from Mopan Maya [Term?].[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /palanˈɡana/ [pa.lãŋˈɡa.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: pa‧lan‧ga‧na
Noun
palangana f (plural palanganas)
Descendants
- → Catalan: palangana
- → Cebuano: palanggana (“washbasin”)
- → Tagalog: palanggana (“washbasin”)
- → Ye'kwana: jadankana
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “palangana”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 349
- ^ Lieve Verbeeck (1998) Linguistic acculturation in Mopan Maya: A study of language change in Belizan Mopan due to Spanish and English culture and language contact (LINCOM Studies in Native American Linguistics; 05), LINCOM, →ISBN, page 67
Further reading
- “palangana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “palangana”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010