faneca
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /fəˈnɛ.kə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /faˈnɛ.ka/
Etymology 1
From Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqah, “sack”).
Noun
faneca f (plural faneques)
- (historical) A unit of dry measure equivalent to 8 or 12 almuds and varying from anywhere between 10 and 43 litres.
Derived terms
- fanecada
- fanecot
Etymology 2
From Galician faneca.
Noun
faneca f (plural faneques)
- pouting (Trisopterus luscus)
Further reading
- “faneca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Trisopterus luscus Gervais
Etymology
Perhaps from fanar (“to make blunt; to mutilate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [faˈnɛkɐ]
Noun
faneca f (plural fanecas)
- pouting (Trisopterus luscus) (fish)
Derived terms
- faneca brava
References
- “faneca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “faneca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “faneca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “faneca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos