palangana

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palangana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ləŋˈɡa.nə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pa.laŋˈɡa.na]

Noun

palangana f (plural palanganes)

washbasin
Synonym: rentamans

Further reading

“palangana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Mopan Maya [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /palanˈɡana/ [pa.lãŋˈɡa.na]
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: pa‧lan‧ga‧na

Noun

palangana f (plural palanganas)

basin, washbowl, vat

Descendants

→ Catalan: palangana
→ Cebuano: palanggana (“washbasin”)
→ Tagalog: palanggana (“washbasin”)
→ Ye'kwana: jadankana

References

Verbeeck, Lieve (1998): Linguistic Acculturation in Mopan Maya: A Study of Language Change in Belizan Mopan Due to Spanish and English Culture and Language Contact, p. 67

Further reading

“palangana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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