anaco
Galician
editEtymology
editUnknown. Perhaps from a hypothetical Celtic *annos + -akko-, cognate of Latin pannus (“cloth”);[1] in that case, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Attested since the 15th century.
Cognate with Portuguese naco, Spanish añicos.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanaco m (plural anacos)
- piece, fragment, portion
- (figurative) a little time
- rag
- 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 179:
- hũu anaco de tapete vello
- a rag from an old rug
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- anaquiño (“a little fragment”)
- anaquizar (“to break into pieces”)
- bo anaco (“a relatively large fragment or quantity”, literally “good fragment”)
- esnacar (“to break into pieces”)
- esnaquizar (“to break into pieces”)
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “anaco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “anaco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “anaco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “anaco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “anaco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “anaco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- “anaco” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “añicos”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editanaco m (plural anacos)
- A type of cloth worn by Andean women.
- mountain immortelle
Further reading
edit- “anaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Galician terms with unknown etymologies
- Galician terms derived from Celtic languages
- Galician terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Rhymes:Galician/ako
- Rhymes:Galician/ako/3 syllables
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ako
- Rhymes:Spanish/ako/3 syllables
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- Spanish nouns
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- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Clothing
- es:Phaseoleae tribe plants