zanfona
Galician
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Zanfona
Alternative forms
- zanfoña
Etymology
14th century. Semi-learned borrowing from Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía, “symphony”). Cognate with Portuguese sanfona and Spanish zampoña.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θaɱˈfona̝/, (western) /saɱˈfona̝/
Noun
zanfona f (plural zanfonas)
- hurdy-gurdy
References
- “cinfonja” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “infon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “zanfona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “zanfona” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “zanfona” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Noun
zanfona f (plural zanfonas)
- hurdy-gurdy
Further reading
- “zanfona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014