palanquín
See also: palanquin
Galician
Etymology
From Portuguese palanquim, from Oriya ପାଲଙ୍କି (palôṅki), from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka, “bed, couch, bedstead”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɑlɑŋˈkiŋ]
Noun
palanquín m (plural palanquíns)
- palanquin
Noun
palanquín m (plural palanquíns, feminine palanquina, feminine plural palanquinas)
- (dated) porter
- (figurative) idler; sluggard
Related terms
- lampantín
References
- “palanquín” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “palanquín” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “palanquín” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Noun
palanquín m (plural palanquínes)
- palanquin (a type of covered litter)
Further reading
- “palanquín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014