faneca
Catalan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqah, “sack”).
Pronunciation
Noun
faneca f (plural faneques)
- (historical) a unit of dry measure equivalent to 8 or 12 almuds and varying from anywhere between 10 and 43 litres
Derived terms
- fanecada
- fanecot
Further reading
- “faneca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Perhaps from fanar (“to make blunt; to mutilate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [faˈnɛkɐ]
Derived terms
References
- “faneca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “faneca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “faneca” 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) “faneca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈneka/ [faˈne.ka]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: fa‧ne‧ca
Further reading
- “faneca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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