anafil

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Galician

13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria: Christian musicians playing the anafil.

Anafil

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic النَفِير (annafīr), from Arabic نَفِير (nafīr). Cognate with Spanish añafil.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /anaˈfil/

Noun

anafil m (plural anafís)

(historical) a long, straight war trumpet or bucina used by the Moors
- 1416, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 9:
  Sabean todos que seendo o conçello, justiça et homes bõos, regidores da çidade de Santiago juntados por crida de anafil, segundo que han de costume
  Everyone should know this, that being the council, sheriff and good men, mayors of the city of Santiago reunited by the cry of the trumpet, as it's their custom

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “anafil”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “anafil”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “anafil”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “anafil”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “añafil”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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