cango

Galician
9. cangos ("rafters")

Etymology

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

Derived terms
  • cangar
  • cangado
  • cangaxe

References
  • “cango” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “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.
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