canudo

Galician

Alternative forms

• canuto

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese canudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Hispanic Late Latin *cannūtus (“canelike”), from Latin canna (“cane”) Compare Portuguese canudo and Spanish canuto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnuðo̝/

Noun

canudo m (plural canudos)

1. section of a cane
2. tube, pipe

   Synonym: tubo

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:

     faz cristel de huun canudo longo et groso et meteo no cuu do Cauallo, et parao ao sopee et llançalle por aquel cristel aquella decauçon tibya, et tanto que lla llançares tapalle o Cuu con estopa ou con pano de gisa que non saya ende a decauçon

     prepare a enema with a long and thick tube and insert it in the ass of the horse, immobilize him and pour by the cane the lukewarm enema, and as soon as you have done that plug the ass with oakum or a cloth, so as the enema doesn't come out

3. shaft or calamus of a feather

Related terms

• cana

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “canudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “canuto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canudo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canuto”, 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), “canudo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canuto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

canudo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese canudo, corresponding to cano +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnu.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnu.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnu.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈnu.du/ [kɐˈnu.ðu]

• Hyphenation: ca‧nu‧do

Noun

canudo m (plural canudos)

1. tube, pipe
2. (Brazil) drinking straw (small hollow tube through which drink is sucked)

   Synonym: (Portugal) palhinha

3. (informal) diploma

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cānūtus. By surface analysis, cana +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnudo/ [kaˈnu.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: ca‧nu‧do

Adjective

canudo (feminine canuda, masculine plural canudos, feminine plural canudas)

1. (obsolete) grey-haired

Further reading

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