panasco

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since circa 1750. Perhaps from pano +‎ -asco. Alternatively, from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“moist; wet; mud; swamp; water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈnaskʊ]

Noun

panasco m (plural panascos)

1. turf
   • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:

     Corría por aquel monte tripando toxos, carrascos, e levantaba panascos que lexos guindaba atrás

     He ran around that hill treading gorses, heathers, and drawing turfs that he tossed far back

2. grass; meadow

Derived terms

• Panascal

References

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