cancil

Galician

A Galician xugo or canga, with a pair of bent cancís

A Galician xugo or canga, with two cancís per ox

Alternative forms

chancil, quencil

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *cambica + Latin -īle, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kh₂emb- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Portuguese canzil. Compare canga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kanˈθil/, (western) /kanˈsil/

Noun

cancil m (plural cancis)

part or parts of the yoke that surrounds the neck of the ox
Synonym: cangalla

Related terms

References

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

Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. canga.

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