trangallo

Galician

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *taranica + the Galician diminutive suffix -allo; from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”). Compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”) and Middle Irish tairnge (“iron nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaŋˈɡaʎo̝/

Noun

trangallo m (plural trangallos)

1. stick, peg

Derived terms

• trangallada

Related terms

• tranca

References

• “tarangallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trangallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trangallo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trangallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.