cango

Galician
9. cangos ("rafters")

Etymology 1

From a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *cambica, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaŋɡo̝/, (western) /ˈkaŋko̝/

Noun

cango m (plural cangos)

  1. rafter
    • 1455, Ferro Couselo, X. (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 303:
      destroiron moytas casas et birtaron moytas tellas, cangos et ripias
      they destroyed many houses and broke many roof tiles, rafters and laths
  2. joist
  3. log, dead branch
  4. bunch of grapes
    Synonyms: bangallo, acio
Derived terms

References
  • “cango” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cango” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cango” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cango” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

    Verb

    cango

    1. first-person singular present indicative of cangar
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