sangano
Galician
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Cognate with dialectal Spanish zangaño (“shaft, crankshaft”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saŋˈɡano̝/
Noun
sangano m (plural sanganos)
- (archaic) goose, gander
- Synonym: ganso
References
- “angano” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “sangano” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “zángano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos