panxoliña

Attested since circa 1750. From Ecclesiastical Latin Pange lingua (“Sing tongue”), from the hymn "Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis".

• IPA^(key): [pan.ʃɔ.ˈli.ɲɐ]

panxoliña f (plural panxoliñas)

1. Christmas carol; carol
2. stroke, caress; flattery

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “panxoliña”, 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), “panxoliña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “panxoliña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN