cangia

See also: cangiâ

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.d͡ʒa/
  • Rhymes: -andʒa
  • Hyphenation: càn‧gia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قَنْجَة (qanja), shortened from Ottoman Turkish قانجه‌باش (kancabaş, ship of a curved prow) from قانجه (kanca, hook) + باش (baş, prow), so called because of its prow being curved like a hook.

Alternative forms

Noun

cangia f (plural cange or cangie)

  1. a kind of sailing boat of up to two masts used for housing and for pleasure-trips

Etymology 2

Old Italian doublet of cambiare, via Old French cangier, ultimately from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre, infinitive of cambiō (to exchange), from Gaulish cambion (change), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (twisted, crooked), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (to bend, curve).

Verb

cangia

  1. inflection of cangiare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • cangia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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