crequenas
Galician
Alternative forms
- querquenas
Etymology
Attested since circa 1750. Unknown. Probably related to Portuguese encrencar and Spanish enclenque, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep, crawl”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɾeˈkenɐs]
Noun
crequenas m or f (plural crequenas)
- a small and weak, hunched or bow-legged person
Related terms
- en crequenas
- encrequenar
- escrequenar
References
- “crequenas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “crequenas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “crequenas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Cf. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “enclenque”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos