cancil

Galician

A Galician xugo or canga, with a pair of cancís ("oxbows")

A Galician xugo, with two cancís per ox

Alternative forms

chancil, quencil

Etymology

From a substrate term *cambica (etymon of canga), derived with the Latin suffix -īle: *cambicīle; from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kh₂emb- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Portuguese canzil.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cancil m (plural cancís)

each on of the staves of a withers yoke
Synonym: cangalla
oxbow of a bow yoke
Synonyms: canga, 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.

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “canga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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