ca non

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐnʊŋ]

Conjunction

ca non

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ca,‎ non.
  2. than
    Eu son máis rápida ca non ti ― I'm faster than you
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 105:
      os catiuos mays querem a morte ca nõ a vida que an
      prisoners rather prefer death than the life they have
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 510:
      et começou a batalla outra uez muy de rrigio, mays ca non antes
      and the battle began again very toughly, more than before

References
  • “ca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ca non” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ca non” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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