pernil
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Aragonese pernil, from perna + -il.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pernil m (plural pernils)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pernil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pernil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “pernil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pernil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 1707. From perna (“leg”) + -il.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pernil m (plural pernís)
- ham (meat from the thigh of quadrupeds)
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
- Afonso:
Pond'a messa, Cathaliña.
Christobo:
Sacad'essa bota, Irena.
Alberte:
Sacà, Marta, esse pernil.
Cathaliña:
Homes tende pouca pressa,
que para todo ay bagar.- Afonso:
"Set the table, Cathaliña."
Christobo:
"Bring out that wineskin, Irena."
Alberte:
"Bring out, Marta, that ham."
Cathaliña:
"Men, be in little hurry,
there is a time for everything."
- Afonso:
References edit
- “pernil” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “pernil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “perni” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pernil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pernil” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pernil” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pernil m (plural pernis)
- meat from the thigh of quadrupeds
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin perna (“leg”) with the suffix -il indicating parts of the body.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pernil m (plural perniles)
- ham leg of pork
- Synonym: nalgada
- (Chile) knuckle of pork
- (Venezuela) dish made out of ham leg
- (Colombia) chicken thigh and leg
Further reading edit
- “pernil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014