zanca

zanca

Galician

Alternative forms

• zanga

Etymology 1

From Latin zancha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaŋka̝/

Noun

zanca f (plural zancas)

1. leg; thigh
2. hip (of a roof)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaŋka̝/

Noun

zanca f (plural zancas)

1. a large extension of walled woodland

References

• “zanca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “zanca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “zanca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “zanca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zanca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• cianca (regional)

Etymology

From Latin zancha (a kind of shoe), from Parthian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zan.ka/
• Rhymes: -anka
• Hyphenation: zàn‧ca

Noun

zanca f (plural zanche) (obsolete, regional)

1. (obsolete) leg
2. (obsolete, in the plural) stilts

Further reading

• zanca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzan.ka/, [ˈd̪͡z̪äŋkä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zan.ka/, [ˈd̪͡z̪äŋkä]

Noun

zanca f (genitive zancae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of zancha (“kind of soft Parthian shoe”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zanca	zancae
Genitive	zancae	zancārum
Dative	zancae	zancīs
Accusative	zancam	zancās
Ablative	zancā	zancīs
Vocative	zanca	zancae

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin zanca (“kind of shoe”), from Parthian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθanka/ [ˈθãŋ.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsanka/ [ˈsãŋ.ka]
• Rhymes: -anka
• Syllabification: zan‧ca

Noun

zanca m (plural zancas)

1. leg of a bird
2. (colloquial) long, thin leg of a human

Derived terms

• zancada
• zancudo

Further reading

• “zanca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014