canado

Galician

Etymology

13th century. Derived, with the suffix -ado, from Latin canna (“cane”) or from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“can, tankard”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈnaðo̝/

Noun

canado m (plural canados)

  1. jug used for milking or watering
  2. a traditional measure of capacity, equivalent to 32 or 64 l
    • 1421, Margot Sponer (ed.), "Documentos antiguos de Galicia", in Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura, 7, page 60:
      douſ canadoσ de bjnõ mole aa bica do lagar por la medida de Monforte
      two canados of soft wine [taken] from the mouth of the wine press, as they are measured in Monforte

References

  • “canado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “canado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “canado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “canado” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “canado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

canado m (plural canados)

  1. khanate (the realm of a khan)
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