sangano

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with dialectal Spanish zangaño (“shaft, crankshaft”).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /saŋˈɡano/ [s̺ɑŋˈɡɑ.nʊ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /saŋˈħano/ [s̺ɑŋˈħɑ.nʊ]

  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: san‧ga‧no

Noun

sangano m (plural sanganos)

  1. (archaic) goose, gander
    Synonym: ganso

References

  • Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “angano”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sangano”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991), “zángano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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