palangana

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palangana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ləŋˈɡa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pa.laŋˈɡa.na]

Noun

palangana f (plural palanganes)

1. washbasin

   Synonym: rentamans

Further reading

• “palangana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Mopan Maya [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palanˈɡana/ [pa.lãŋˈɡa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: pa‧lan‧ga‧na

Noun

palangana f (plural palanganas)

1. basin, washbowl, vat

Descendants

• → Catalan: palangana
• → Cebuano: palanggana (“washbasin”)
• → Tagalog: palanggana (“washbasin”)
• → Ye'kwana: jadankana

References

• Verbeeck, Lieve (1998): Linguistic Acculturation in Mopan Maya: A Study of Language Change in Belizan Mopan Due to Spanish and English Culture and Language Contact, p. 67

Further reading

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