cango

Galician

9. cangos ("rafters")

Etymology 1

From a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *cambica, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋɡo̝/, (western) /ˈkaŋko̝/

Noun

cango m (plural cangos)

1. rafter
   • 1455, Ferro Couselo, X. (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 303:

     destroiron moytas casas et birtaron moytas tellas, cangos et ripias

     they destroyed many houses and broke many roof tiles, rafters and laths

2. joist
3. log, dead branch
4. bunch of grapes

   Synonyms: bangallo, acio

Derived terms

• cangar
• cangado
• cangaxe

Related terms

• canga

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cango”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cango”, 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), “cango”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cango”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

cango

1. first-person singular present indicative of cangar