zanfona

Galician

Zanfona

Alternative forms

• zanfoña

Etymology

14th century. Semi-learned borrowing from Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía, “symphony”). Cognate with Portuguese sanfona and Spanish zampoña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θaɱˈfona̝/, (western) /saɱˈfona̝/

Noun

zanfona f (plural zanfonas)

1. hurdy-gurdy

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cinfonja”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “infon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “zanfona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “zanfona” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zanfona” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Noun

zanfona f (plural zanfonas)

1. hurdy-gurdy

Further reading

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